tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post4489748695736140551..comments2024-03-28T05:17:55.293-04:00Comments on W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!: Baofeng UV-5R mishapQRP - When you care to send the very least!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08707602309223956112noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12559579.post-496473036435024202015-06-02T12:12:27.338-04:002015-06-02T12:12:27.338-04:00Hello, I enjoy the blog!. I think we perpetuate t...Hello, I enjoy the blog!. I think we perpetuate the cycle by the things we buy. I have an ICOM T90a that I have used for about 8 years now. It fell off a circuit breaker box and on the way down caught the bottom lip of the breaker box on one of the keys causing the key to get ripped off the keypad. I was able to order a new keypad for $15 and replace it easily enough. This is the only repair I've had to do in the 8 years of using this HT. If it had been a cheap chineese radio I don't think it would have been repairable, similar to your experience. Even though the name brand radios are more expensive up front, in my experience their lifetimes are many times the lifetime of one of the chineese radios. I've seen people spend more money and experience more frustration buying replacement chineese radios than they would have if they had just bought a name brand/high quality HT in the first place. We have the power in our pocketbooks to change the trend of disposable products, radios and otherwise, we just need to act.Justinnoreply@blogger.com