Davichko5650 Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 Now that they're no longer Baofeng, just how does one pronounce this? WRXP381 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidphc Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 Lol.. it's po (poh) fungIt's the same company always has been. It was slight different productions. Due to how the Chinese characters were interperted.Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk WSCG586 and SteveShannon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted May 20 Author Report Share Posted May 20 13 minutes ago, kidphc said: Lol.. it's po (poh) fung It's the same company always has been. It was slight different productions. Due to how the Chinese characters were interperted. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk Understood, but was waiting for Xenu's favorite to give us the "official" version.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 OBVIOUSLY it is pronounced POOF-WHANG ! ...where is this screenshot from? Do you have a link? WRXR255, Davichko5650 and WSCG586 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXR255 Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 The Pofung name was a while back as I recall. It was a temporary renaming for some reason, but it never held. One of the UV-5Rs I got a long long time back said Baofeng, but the battery said Pofung while this was happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 2 minutes ago, WRXR255 said: The Pofung name was a while back as I recall It has always been Pofung and always marketed as "Baofeng" - The screenshot shows whats different now, in that they are now saying "formerly Baofeng" and the radios now say "Pofung". SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXR255 Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 1 minute ago, OffRoaderX said: It has always been Pofung and always marketed as "Baofeng" - The screenshot shows whats different now, in that they are now saying "formerly Baofeng" and the radios now say "Pofung". Ahh, ok and it makes sense. One of those things like the old Jap Datsuns sold in the US were really Nissan and they eventually went back to their real nomenclature. WSDD519 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 Just now, WRXR255 said: like the old Jap Datsuns sold in the US were really Nissan and they eventually went back to their real nomenclature Perfect example (that none of the kiddies will understand) - and exactly the same thing. H8SPVMT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted May 20 Author Report Share Posted May 20 31 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said: OBVIOUSLY it is pronounced POOF-WHANG ! ...where is this screenshot from? Do you have a link? I got it from https://pofungradios.com. Thanks for the prompt reply - only fitting for me, your favorite viewer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted May 20 Author Report Share Posted May 20 19 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said: It has always been Pofung and always marketed as "Baofeng" - The screenshot shows whats different now, in that they are now saying "formerly Baofeng" and the radios now say "Pofung". Has a lot to do how we westerners handle chinese pronunciation. Much like how you get "Ocean" from Wouxun. SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 Someone should make a video about this on the Youtubes. GP62, WSCG586, WSDD519 and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted May 21 Author Report Share Posted May 21 9 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said: Someone should make a video about this on the Youtubes. "some people" might even watch that!!! Pooofwang - affiliate link below? WSDD519, WRXR255 and SteveShannon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSarcastic Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 On 5/20/2024 at 2:57 PM, kidphc said: Lol.. it's po (poh) fung It's the same company always has been. It was slight different productions. Due to how the Chinese characters were interperted. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk are the parentheses silent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 On 5/20/2024 at 3:22 PM, OffRoaderX said: OBVIOUSLY it is pronounced POOF-WHANG ! ...where is this screenshot from? Do you have a link? You definitely took the ball and ran(dy’d) with it! Excellent YootOob video tonight! SteveShannon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidphc Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 are the parentheses silent?Nah. You got to say that as well. Jk more of a better way to pronounce it.Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk CaptainSarcastic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 3 hours ago, OffRoaderX said: Someone should make a video about this on the Youtubes. And you did. I thought it was great. BTW, I now have seen the outpouring on FB on the (uncensored) gmrs page of comments from, dare I say, Sad GMRS'ers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 48 minutes ago, Davichko5650 said: now have seen the outpouring on FB on the (uncensored) gmrs page of comments from, dare I say, Sad GMRS'ers. I just saw all the soy-tears.. but FYI, those are not sad-GMRS'ers.. those are Sad-H.A.M.s trying to disguise themselves as regular GMRS'ers, and failing.. Davichko5650 and GP62 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRKC935 Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Well BaoFeng was funky bowel to me. So these would be funky poo. It's all a bunch of crap at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nokones Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 9 hours ago, OffRoaderX said: I just saw all the soy-tears.. but FYI, those are not sad-GMRS'ers.. those are Sad-H.A.M.s trying to disguise themselves as regular GMRS'ers, and failing.. Oh no, are you saying there are "Sad HAMs" in our midst? Are they allowed to do that? That is just not right that they're playing in our playground and messing with our megahertz. Who can I complain to about that? Zenu? Davichko5650 and SteveShannon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRHS218 Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 On 5/20/2024 at 1:40 PM, WRXR255 said: old Jap Datsuns sold in the US I bought a used 1973 Datsun B-210 in the early 80s. One day headed to work I hit a puddle of tallow in the middle of a sharp turn in the road going about 15mph and slid on top of the only large rock in Dallas county. I bent the unibody so much it would wouldn't drive straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davichko5650 Posted May 22 Author Report Share Posted May 22 12 hours ago, OffRoaderX said: I just saw all the soy-tears.. but FYI, those are not sad-GMRS'ers.. those are Sad-H.A.M.s trying to disguise themselves as regular GMRS'ers, and failing.. I think I saw that costume at Party City in the Halloween rack. Complete with Yaesu stickers for them to affix to their Pofung's! WRHS218 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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