WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:03.160 Hey, Before we get started, be sure to head over to ham Radio 2 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:09.960 two dot com forward slash email dash sign up to join my email list of 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:14.400 over nineteen thousand subscribers, where I like to send emails about upcoming events, 4 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:18.359 upcoming shopping deals, keep you updated with all the stuff going on with my 5 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.839 videos. Once that list reaches twenty thousand, I will be doing a giveaway 6 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:28.559 of another HF radio sign up today and thank you for the support. Should 7 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:35.880 we be buying these Chinese radios? Should we actually be purchasing and using radios 8 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.439 made in China? I have some thoughts on this, and I'd like to 9 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:47.600 know what you think, so stick around. So great question, great topic, 10 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:54.280 great discussion that I've had with several people on discord on servers, on 11 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:59.000 forums. I've seen some topics discussed on qr Z. I've seen some topics 12 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:03.119 discussed on Reddit. I didn't really participate in those, but I read through 13 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:08.040 them and I wanted to give my opinion. This is an opinion piece, 14 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:11.680 so I'm going to give my opinion today about what I think about all these 15 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:18.159 Chinese radios that are flooding the United States, flooding North America, flooding Europe, 16 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:22.200 and I mean they're everywhere. They're absolutely everywhere. Is that good or 17 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:26.319 bad? That's kind of my question to you, But reserve reserve your answer 18 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:30.120 until I tell you my thoughts behind this. Okay, So in a perfect 19 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:37.959 world, we would have radios and stuff more made in the USA. There 20 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.719 is a specific part of the Gigabarts website that has items made in the USA. 21 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:47.120 There are specific parts I have talked about in my Friday Shopping videos about 22 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:52.359 stuff that's made in the USA. Ham radio equipment that's made in the USA. 23 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:55.599 If you want to talk about radios, radios that are made in the 24 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:00.280 USA are quite rare. There's basically three companies today that make radios in the 25 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:04.120 USA for amateur radio, and that is Llocraft, Flex Radio, and ten 26 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.680 Tech. Ten Tech's not really in the game right now. They've been having 27 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:10.199 some manufacturing issues. I talked to them at Hamvenson a couple of years ago. 28 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:13.680 I haven't really talked to them since then, but they were at hamventionon 29 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:15.919 in twenty twenty four. So I'm hoping to see some more stuff come from 30 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.960 ten Tech soon. But if you ever find a ten Tech radio at a 31 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.680 Hamfest or swapfest or something like that chances are that radio was made in the 32 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:27.280 USA. There are some amplifiers made in the USA. There's antennas that are 33 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.120 made in the USA. Buddy Pohl is old made in the USA. They 34 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:31.960 have manufacturing in Utah. They used to be in Portland. Now they're in 35 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:37.520 Utah outside of Salt Lake City. So there is stuff that is made in 36 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:40.840 the USA. There's not any HT radios, there's not any GMRS handhelds. 37 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:46.280 There's not any FRS or Marine band handhelds. Moltorola is not even made in 38 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:50.719 the USA anymore. Moltorola used to be made in the USA. Years ago. 39 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.479 Motorola was made in the USA, And now if you find a Molorolla 40 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:55.759 radio, it might be stamped, made in Mexico, made in Malaysia, 41 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:00.360 somewhere outside of the USA. Remember this that just because something's not made in 42 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:05.439 the USA does not mean that it is made in China. So China USA 43 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.719 two of the biggest countries on the planet. But realistically there's stuff that's made 44 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:14.120 in many, many other places besides just the United States of America or in 45 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.080 China. All of your big ham radio manufacturers, which you'd call the Big 46 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:21.560 three or the Big four which would be icon Kinwood, Yazu, and a 47 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.560 Linko if you want include in Linco. Those are mostly made in Japan. 48 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:29.800 A Linko has some stuff that's made in China right now, but icon Kinwood 49 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:32.759 and Yesu are all Japanese companies and they still do. Most if not all 50 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:38.840 of the are manufacturing in the country of Japan, So those are not made 51 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.000 in China or the USA. So that's an example of what I'm talking about. 52 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:46.800 I think two things are important when talking about stuff that's made in China 53 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:50.599 or stuff that's made in USA. Now, those of you who've been watching 54 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:54.360 my channel for a long time, you know how I feel about smartphones. 55 00:03:54.560 --> 00:04:00.280 I use a Samsung smartphone. I use an Android platform. I had an 56 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.120 iPhone at one of the last IT jobs that I had. I did not 57 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.360 care for it other than the fact that the battery would last forever. But 58 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:09.639 I don't care for iPhones. Some of you like iPhones, and that's okay, 59 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:12.240 that's all right. The purpose of this video is not to bash on 60 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:15.280 iPhone, but I will say this, Okay. So I did just some 61 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:19.279 quick googling around and I said, where are Samsung phones made? Samsung is 62 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:24.639 a Korean company, so Samsung had a plant in China, but it has 63 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:29.639 all been moved elsewhere. This comes from Coorra dot Com. Samsung now has 64 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:33.319 plants in Vietnam, India, Indonesia, and North and South America. Most 65 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.839 of their A and S series phones are made in Vietnam. Variants of A 66 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:41.720 series and M and the F series are manufacturing and civil in other areas. 67 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:45.480 This is from February of this year. Why are Samsung Galaxy phones made in 68 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:47.839 China when they are Korean company? I have yet to see a Galaxy phone 69 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:51.160 that is made in China. This is a question on core and somebody's answering 70 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:55.040 it. Samsung had a plant in China and then' that's where it was. 71 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:59.800 Okay, so Samsung is a Korean company. If you have a Samsung TV, 72 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:02.439 I think I've seen some of their Samsung TVs that are actually stamp made 73 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:09.120 in China. But Samsung phones are absolutely made in other places. According to 74 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:14.480 this article. Anyway, they're made outside of Korea, but also outside of 75 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:15.959 China, not made in China. Now, if we do the same thing, 76 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.920 we're gonna go over here and we're gonna say, okay, where are 77 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:23.720 iPhones made? Is the iPhone made in the USA. No, Apple is 78 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:29.120 a USA company. It was founded by Steve Jobs and what's his name Wasniak? 79 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:33.079 And there's there's kind of a if you've ever read the book called Ready 80 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.199 Player one, or if you've ever seen the movie Ready Player one, it 81 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:42.720 is based loosely on the Apple platform, on the Apple, on the Apple 82 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:46.240 company, very loosely, very loosely on the Apple company. The nut job 83 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:51.439 that ran the virtual reality simulator in Ready Player one was somewhat based off of 84 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:56.519 Wosneiak from Apple. I'm told I don't really follow Apple that much, but 85 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:59.120 that's what I read because I read that book is a fantastic book. The 86 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:02.439 movie's good, but the book is much better. But Apple is an American 87 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:08.639 company. Microsoft is an American company, Okay. So if these guys are 88 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:13.800 an American company, why are there why don't they make their products in the 89 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:17.639 USA? Okay? And the answer is basically it's could be too expensive, 90 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:20.600 it could be for a number of other reasons of that kind of thing. 91 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:24.399 So I found this really good video right here that I want to share with 92 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:27.800 you guys, and we're going to we're going to listen to this real quick. 93 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.600 And I'm gonna do some play by play commentary on this, so check 94 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:34.279 this out. Most products in the US are manufactured in China, but expensive 95 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:40.160 products from luxury brands are typically made in their home countries. And Apple is 96 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:45.839 perhaps the most expensive technology brand on Earth. So why can't most expensive on 97 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:47.839 Earth Apple? I don't know if I agree with that, but okay, 98 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.720 all right, let's keep going. They make their products in the US. 99 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:55.959 Well, the answer Apple would give is that they do. The Mac Pro 100 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.920 was made in America unless you live in Europe, and the parts Apple use 101 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:04.199 for many products are sourced from US companies, like the Corning gorilla glass used 102 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:10.519 on iPhones display. But that answer doesn't make much sense if you're sorting the 103 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.120 gorilla glasses manufacturing America. I didn't I actually didn't know that. I watched 104 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.160 this video before I started recording this video you're watching of mine right now, 105 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:21.480 and the gorilla glass made and Usay's. I've seen some Android phones with gorilla 106 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:26.839 glass. I want to say that BlackBerry used to use gorilla glass back in 107 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:30.040 the day, some of the strongest glass you can get. I'm not surprised 108 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:32.519 and pleased to hear that that stuff is made in Usay Okay, good, 109 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:36.720 let's keep going forcing parts from the US. Wouldn't it be easier to assemble 110 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:41.160 them there too, Well, that's actually what Apple used to do with the 111 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:45.399 Mac. But when the yeah you see see this old Mac computer in that 112 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:47.959 guy's hairstyle. That was a while ago. That was not twenty twenty four. 113 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:54.920 The iPod was being developed. They knew their existing factories in California wouldn't 114 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.439 be able to handle the manufacturing, not only since it would become a much 115 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.519 higher selling product than the Math, but also because Apple wanted to update the 116 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:07.279 product annually. Factories in the US were slower and less nimble than those in 117 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:11.639 Asia, not to mention more expensive. So Tim Cook, who at the 118 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:16.279 time was the cost of labor in the United States is higher than definitely higher 119 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:20.360 than Asia, China, But it's higher than a lot of countries not I 120 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.519 don't know if we're the highest labor on the planet. I kind of think 121 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:28.920 that we're not. But cost of manufacturing here is higher because wages are higher 122 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:33.080 here, incomes are higher here. Cost of living I don't know if cost 123 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:35.559 of living is higher here or not. It kind of depends on where you 124 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:39.759 live. Now you go over to Europe and stuff, and they sell gas 125 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.480 gasoline over there by the leader, and it costs almost as much, a 126 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.559 little bit more per lead as we pay per gallon. So I've been to 127 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:50.639 Europe a couple of times, and the thing I've noticed about Europe is not 128 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:54.120 really that people talk about rich Americans all the time. Well, yeah, 129 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:58.159 and we have more stuff, We have more materialistic stuff. Sure, but 130 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:03.000 stuff over here doesn't cost as much as it does over there, gasoline being 131 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.279 one of those things. Okay, so it's going to cost more to get 132 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.279 stuff manufactured in the USA, I get it, okay, Yep. I've 133 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.000 always known that. This video kind of justifies that a position that I had 134 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:18.559 senior vice president for Worldwide Operations, set a plan in motion to shift manufacturing 135 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.600 from the US to Taiwan and China. This change quickly paid off, as 136 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:28.039 Apple was able to introduce not one, but two additional iPod models in the 137 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:33.639 following years, with all three receiving annual updates. So when the iPhone was 138 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:37.919 in development, Apple knew China would be the perfect place for assembly. In 139 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.720 fact, Steve Jobs decided to change the front panel of iPhone from plastic to 140 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:48.519 glass just a few weeks before launch. This last minute change forced eight thousand 141 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:52.679 factory employees in China to work round the clock in twelve hour shifts to change 142 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.919 every iPhone's front plate to glass. Oh the feat that would have taken an 143 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:03.600 American factory months to itch. So the advantages to cost, speed and scale 144 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.519 is why so many Apple prep I dare say it's because they're paying all those 145 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:13.279 Chinese factory workers much less per hour than American factory workers will get paid. 146 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:18.120 So they've just got more people because the cost per person is lower. Products 147 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:22.440 are made in China, but they have been expanding manufacturing in recent years to 148 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:26.279 India, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam. But there's still no plans to 149 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:31.960 make iPhones in the US anytime soon. Okay, so that is yeah, 150 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:35.759 that channel is called Apple Explained, and he doesn't seem to be an Apple 151 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.960 fanboy, so perhaps it's a channel I will start watching. Today's video is 152 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:45.000 sponsored by Ham Radio Prep. If you're looking at getting your Ham Radio license, 153 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.039 or you're looking at getting an upgrade, or just learning more about Baufang 154 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:52.159 basics, which I'm going to talk about here in a minute, or hf 155 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:56.080 operating. Okay, head over to hamradioprep dot com. Check out their multiple 156 00:10:56.159 --> 00:11:00.840 series of courses. Save a twenty percent discount on everything with the coupon code 157 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.799 of Jason twenty. 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If you have items in your house that 166 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:43.759 are made in China, but you have some stigma against radios that are made 167 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:48.600 in China, Why why are radios different than all the other stuff you have 168 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:50.200 in your house or in your life, in your home, in your vehicle. 169 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:54.080 I recently bought a brand new set of Method racing wheels for my four 170 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:58.799 x four pickup, and I was disappointed when I got them in the mail 171 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:05.159 now Method racing wheels. They get excellent reviews, excellent, very big in 172 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:07.200 the overlanding community. So I bought five wheels so that I have a spare 173 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.039 tire because I changed the size of wheels that I have on my truck. 174 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:13.759 We'll see some videos about that on my other channel soon. When I got 175 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.679 those wheels in, I was inspecting to look at them. They arrived safely, 176 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.360 everything looked good. I turned them over and looked on the inside of 177 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.639 the rim that you're never gonna see because it's pointed towards the inside the vehicle, 178 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:26.000 and it's stamped very plain as day. Made in China. Method Racing 179 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:30.960 wheels made in China. They're not priced like they're made in China. They 180 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.440 were three point fifty to three seventy five per wheel and I bought five of 181 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.960 them, not really a Chinese price in my opinion, And if I had 182 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.120 known they were made in China, I might have done a little bit more 183 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:43.360 digging around. Now I'm not disappointed with my choice. I've only had them 184 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.840 on for a few weeks at the time of this recording, but so far 185 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.320 they seem right, So we'll see how they stand up. But if you 186 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.519 have anything else in your home made in China, why are you so worried 187 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:56.039 about your Ham radio. I don't get that. If you don't want to 188 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:01.879 have anything made in China, then hey, congrats, you seriously congratulations. 189 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:03.720 I'm not being sarcastic when I say that that's great, Okay. If you 190 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:09.159 want nothing made in China, then then do that. Okay. Have Japanese 191 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:13.360 radios, have Malaysian radios, Mexican radios, Israeli radios, motorolas, whatever, 192 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:18.799 excellent. But if you have stuff made in China and have some stipulation 193 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.120 about why you shouldn't have a fang, I don't get that. The second 194 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:26.799 point I'll make is this, we have to be we as a community, 195 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:31.960 as a Ham radio community, we need to stop being so cheap. When 196 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:37.440 I got an icon Icy seven oh five when it was brand new during the 197 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.240 height of COVID. If you guys remember that that radio was supposed to be 198 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:45.519 released somewhere around Daytonham mentioned of twenty twenty. Well, all the COVID shutdowns 199 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:48.600 started two or three months before that. You know that radio, along with 200 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:52.000 many many other things from many manufacturers, with the pushback, pushback, pushback 201 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.120 when they finally released the icom Ic seventy five. It people were chomping at 202 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.480 the bit to get it because everyone knew it was gonna be a great radio. 203 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:01.679 I still have mine. I use it from time to time, not 204 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.960 as often as I should, but I still do have it. When I 205 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:07.919 did my first video about that radio, it got two, three, maybe 206 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.600 four thousand views in the first forty eight hours. Now, at the time, 207 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:15.639 my channel was not nearly as big as it is in twenty twenty four, 208 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.200 my channel exploded during during COVID, So at the time my channel was 209 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:22.480 as big, I didn't get as many watch hours. Two to three thousand 210 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.759 views in the first forty eight hours. That's not bad, but it wasn't 211 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:28.960 great. About a week prior to that, I put up a new Bowfang 212 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:33.480 video and it got like ten thousand views in the first forty eight to seventy 213 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.720 two hours. Some of us, as YouTubers, you may ask, but 214 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:39.679 why do you guys make all these Bowfang videos because you guys watch it. 215 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.799 What kind of a world do we live in where you put up a brand 216 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.279 new video about a brand new icon radio and it gets three thousand views, 217 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:50.080 and you put up a video about a twenty five dollars fang and it gets 218 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:52.840 ten thousand views. I'm I'm guesstimated. I don't remember the exact numbers, 219 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:58.200 but it was about two to three times the views that my Bowfang video got 220 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.679 as compared to my IC seven five. And some people may say, well, 221 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:03.080 the ICY seven to five, it's in expensive radio. Well yeah, 222 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:07.919 but wouldn't you want to watch a video about an expensive about something you can't 223 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:11.480 get? How many of you watch videos about travel and places you will never 224 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:15.279 go, or expensive watches you're never gonna buy, or really fancy cards, 225 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.879 exotic cars that you're never gonna own. I watch those kinds of videos all 226 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.360 the time. Why wouldn't you watch videos about something you can't obtain just kind 227 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.320 of learn more information about it. But no, everybody's watching the bow Fang 228 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:28.919 videos. I put a video. I put a Bowfang video up a month 229 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:31.360 ago at the time of this recording. When I'm recording this video in May 230 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:35.440 of twenty twenty four, I put a Bowfang that UV twenty five video up. 231 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.799 I put it up three maybe four weeks ago, and it's got over 232 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.399 twenty thousand views today. So people are still watching Bowfang videos. So the 233 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:46.799 next time you want to ask why do you always make bowfang videos, Well, 234 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:52.200 it's because you guys want to watch bow fang videos. And I don't 235 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:54.039 have a problem with it. But we need to stop being so cheap. 236 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.399 Why are we watching bow fang videos and not icon videos? Okay, my 237 00:15:58.480 --> 00:16:00.679 Kim Woo D seventy five video did okay, but I got a lot more 238 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:03.399 reviews in my bow fing UB twenty five video than I did my kid with 239 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:07.879 D seventy five video. If we're going to move manufacturing back to the USA, 240 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.600 and I'm speaking in an overall sense here, not just in Ham Radio, 241 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:17.320 I'm speaking nationwide. If we're going to move manufacturing back to the USA, 242 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.440 which I think we should, we need to stop being such so cheap 243 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:23.559 about things. We don't need to buy throw away things, Okay, stop 244 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.559 buying stuff that you're gonna save if it works, throw it in the trash, 245 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.279 invest the money, buy something once, and then let it be part 246 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:33.960 of your will because it's gonna last you for the rest of your life and 247 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:37.480 you're gonna will it to your family after that. So which one do you 248 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:38.919 want? Do you want to buy cheap stuff? And just keep throwing it 249 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:42.080 away, or do you want to buy something that's quality, something that's made 250 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:45.399 in the USA, something you could be proud of, something that has a 251 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:48.600 quality aspect to it. You're gonna come along and say, well, not 252 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.519 everything that's expensive is good quality, and that's true. But pretty much everything 253 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.600 that's inexpensive is not good quality. So look at it from both angles. 254 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:00.919 Those are my thoughts about whether we should or should not buy stuff from China. 255 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:04.400 I personally don't have an issue with stuff made in China, but if 256 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.200 I can find something, if I want to go buy new tires for my 257 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.759 truck or new wheels for my truck. And like I said, I didn't 258 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:12.319 know about those Method racing wheels that they were made in China. If I 259 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:15.400 would have known that, and I would looked some other brands of wheels and 260 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:21.000 found that some were made in Canada, North America, Australia. Australia's got 261 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:26.079 a really big manufacturing they're really big in manufacturing for the overland community, stuff 262 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:27.839 like that. South Africa, for some reason, there's some companies down in 263 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.839 South Africa. But if I would have found something other than made in China, 264 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.839 I probably would have chosen the other thing. If I would have found 265 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:36.200 something made in the USA, I definitely would have chosen that. I probably 266 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.480 should have done a little bit better research. I was doing research about quality 267 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:44.960 and review quality and testimonial quality of these wheels, but I didn't do any 268 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:48.240 research about where they're actually made. So if I have an opportunity to buy 269 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:51.559 something that's made in the USA, I will do it most of the time. 270 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.240 I think you should too, and I think we should stop being so 271 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.279 cheap about it. But if we don't want to buy stuff made in China, 272 00:17:56.519 --> 00:18:00.759 then don't buy anything made in China, not just your ham radios. 273 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.279 Tell me what you think in the comments below. I'd love to hear your 274 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.279 thoughts. Seventy three