Well, whomever the dealer is, he may be undercutting Amazon with their 20per: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps <http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=BaoFeng> &field-keywords=BaoFeng ’73 de JIM N2ZZ Director – Roanoke Division Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio™ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Kermit Carlson via arrl-odv Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 1:28 AM To: Doug Rehman; ''arrl-odv'' Subject: [arrl-odv:24601] Re: FW: 2M FM Hello Doug This is definitely something about which you should speak with Dan Henderson N1ND. I can imagine Steve was a bit shocked...... it would be interesting to determine which dealer is providing the "service". 73, Kermit W9XA _____ From: Doug Rehman <doug@k4ac.com> To: ''arrl-odv'' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:14 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:24600] FW: 2M FM An interesting email from one of my Assistant Directors… Doug K4AC From: n2cei@downeastmicrowave.com [mailto:n2cei@downeastmicrowave.com] Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:32 PM To: Doug <doug@k4ac.com> Subject: 2M FM Hey Doug, Got a problem Up here that appears to be escalating. I don't know if you have heard of any complaints about non licensed operators on 2M FM or not. We had a flurry of them around here last hunting season. The local hunters have given up on the CB sets and have found that 25-50 watt 2M mobile rigs work great ! They have been sort of confined to 146.52 and 55 for what ever reason. So-- two days ago, " JDC Number 1" asks for a radio check on our local repeater . I assumed since the radio was programed for the correct split and Encode/Decode, it was a local Ham that sold his rig to the highest bidder because I can't believe that a non ham would know how to find the correct information and if so, why would he? . BUT-- Today, A member of our club has a good friend that is in a local Hunt club. He was informed that the hunt clubs have found BaoFeng handhelds and buy them at the "20per shipment rate" for $25 or so. What the seller in China now promises is that they will program them for all of the area frequencies if you supply a Zip code. so-- what do you think the Hunters do! They just switch to channel 2 and see whats going on there. Thats why JDC #1 was upset when I told him that he required a license to operate that radio on the ham bands and he went on to tell me where I could stick it because "I spent good money for this rig and no one is gona tell me what to do with it!" So-- Who should I make aware of this problem and how do I help solve it. Steve _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv