Walkie-talkie industry in south China’s Fujian adapts to market amid COVID-19 outbreak.
Every year, about 20 million walkie-talkies are manufactured in Nan’an, accounting for more than 55 percent of the global production. Over the past few months, the city’s walkie-talkie industry has given active response to the changing market environment amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
Here’s something that might be possible for other clubs to try….Dan
Radio’s ‘official initiators of social distancing’ to host demo day in Campbell River.
Now in his late 50s, Pritchard (amateur radio call sign VA7UO) is helping others discover the timeless magic of amateur “ham” radios as the relatively new president of the Campbell River Amateur Radio Society (CRARS). The club will be hosting a physically-distanced field day at the Tyee Spit Sept. 5. They’ll be demoing some “really cool radios” including military equipment and satellite antennae from about 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or whenever they get tired, says Pritchard. It’s all battery-operated too, so no generators needed.
Three Kentucky posts form a relationship through ham radio clubs
Tony Cromwell, commander of Boyle American Legion Post 46 in Danville, Ky., recently authored a report to his District 8 commander about how his post’s ham radio club has been helping other posts around it to start ham clubs of their own.
Steve Cox says
The radio so many love to hate – the ubiquitous Baofeng that there is a range of opinions about, yet without it Ham radio would not have become as popular as it is today. Despite the ambivalence, I was amazed at the millions of them made for many different facets of the hobby and love or loathe them, many new hams find them to be an affordable entry level radio and one that allows technicians to explore the world of VHF/UHF/FM amateur radio in so many ways and for such a bargain price. Most of us don’t use half of what these little squawk boxes can do, which is part of why I think they are not only bargains but they should be on every beginner’s wish list who interested in amateur radio but haven’t got a fortune to dedicate to ham radio. Producing 20 million of them a year is amazing – I would never have guessed the production of units per year to be that huge.
The HT’s in my shack are all Baofeng, and these little radios are a great way to introduce young ham radio fans to the hobby. In my first year as a ham I acquired a pair of UV5RV2 Plus HTs, then a three band model, then a tri-power model, and a DMR model.
Someday I will invest in an HT from one of the big three, but I will continue to use my Baofengs until then. The problem is deciding which one is the ultimate handheld radio.
I enjoyed that factory tour and seeing the place that made my hand helds was really great. Thanks for the tour!
73!
Steve~W8SFC