OffRoaderX

Yes

That is what I thought.. But this guy is there, on the front lines - this is his (big) business/profession, and that's what he's telling me. Right or wrong, he's stopped importing - and i guarantee many on this forum are going to notice.

I just spoke with a large radio importer/reseller based here in the U.S. (i cant say who) - He said his tariff fees are based on the wholesale price (not 'calculated value' at the port of entry, as I thought/read about) - because the new fees would nearly double the retail price, and he knows he cant sell any at those prices, he has halted all new radio shipments.. i dont like it but I am willing to feel a little short-term pain for longer-term trade equity...

I bet his family calls him "Gail the Snail" ...

It's the only way he can get attention.. He clearly has no friends and i'm sure his family all ignores him, and he obviously never had any genuine respect at his job. But here, he has figured out how to get people to notice him. It is horribly sad, but, he's retarded, soo.....

I think you might be lost.

What about all of those junky/crappy radios (Midlands, TidRadios, Retevis, Wouxun, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc) that were "junk" - and you "threw straight into the trash can" ? Are you staying that instead of taking advantage of the warranties on ALL of those radios that you seem to know so much about and have told us you purchased, and "threw straight into the trash", you never even once considered getting a replacement instead?

Is that what you kids call it these days?

I will share my experience as soon as mine arrives.

Fair enough - but the question was "has anyone ever been affected" - not 'is it, or was it ever possible' - BUT, I did as you suggested, and as you can see below, the answer to my question is "it has never happened" - OR it has happened so few times there is no record found of it today.

Can you point us to an example of that ever being an issue.. for anyone.. ever? Even just once?

He's referring to the RT97L, 50W GMRS repeater. I'm curious - was your 40Watt repeater new, with a warranty, is it FCC Part 95 compliant, did it come pre-programmed with the GMRS repeater pairs, was the duplexer pre-tuned for GMRS, is it portable, and water proof, and does it automatically heat up to remove snow/ice when used outdoors in cold weather?

I'm going to squirt some opinion anyway, even though you already know it. The likelyhood is a fraction higher than zero - it's not absolute zero, but very close to zero.. Its funny how "some people" will proclaim that my cheap little CCR can't talk more than a few hundred yards, yet, one minute later they will proclaim that the same radio's spurious RF emissions will bring down a 747 at 38,000 feet or jam an entire police department's communications system from 5 miles away. YES! at least, some do. I have seen this myself many times when comparing my XTL5000 radios in both my Jeeps to cheap radios in Jeeps just a couple of feet away - it actually happened yesterday. Our friend's radio was completely unusable when we were about 1/4 mile from a big antenna tower site, and the XTLs in my and my wife's Jeeps were silent. and this has happened many times. It is doubtful that any decent LMR radio would ever be affected by the spurious emissions from a 5w HT miles away.

I considered myself a semi-radio-dork and thought I knew everything but after spending days trying to figure out how to use the Motorola CPS to try and program my first XTL, i HATED everything about radios and was ready to throw the thing against the wall!

Do you really think that any of these radios would be a good choice for someone that has already stated they prefer a Midland for its simplicity and that a simple Midland "meets his needs" ?