tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071048343455395511.post636375243627969187..comments2024-03-24T22:03:31.205+00:00Comments on Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog: ChinaRoger G3XBMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13673890140751539870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071048343455395511.post-19593185413438622292016-01-09T19:03:41.660+00:002016-01-09T19:03:41.660+00:00Some Chinese stuff is good. I built a 7MHz Pixie k...Some Chinese stuff is good. I built a 7MHz Pixie kit (about £3?) and it was very good; it would have been hard to buy the parts and crystal here for less. I am very surprised that most amateur gear is still from Japan. When the Chinese really address the amateur market I think the Japanese will get a real shock. I don't like Chinese "sweat shops" and I don't like that most parts are now made in China. I can see this ending in tears. Of course, the Chinese will demand better wages and we will look elsewhere for cheap labour costs.Roger G3XBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13673890140751539870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071048343455395511.post-28529771167281803212016-01-09T14:18:03.230+00:002016-01-09T14:18:03.230+00:00Perhaps we expect too much for so little!
73 Ste...Perhaps we expect too much for so little!<br /><br /><br />73 SteveG1KQHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158573334769780015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071048343455395511.post-47009171222113438472016-01-09T10:25:26.531+00:002016-01-09T10:25:26.531+00:00I buy a reasonable amount of non-amateur electroni...I buy a reasonable amount of non-amateur electronic stuff from China, Roger, and it is interesting. Component quality seems not to be an issue, and build quality is ok too, but the designs are terrifically variable. With LEDs, they will say things like 'Vmax 3.3v, I max 1A' yet claim it is a 5W lamp. Just before Christmas, I built a Chinese supplied 7MHz Rockmite transceiver. It was incredibly good value for money at £13, but they claimed it was 8W output, when it could only ever give 4W, when you looked at the circuit (and it did give 4W, BTW)Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193863827576582958noreply@blogger.com