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<v Speaker 1>Sign up today and thank you for the support. After

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<v Speaker 1>the events of September twenty twenty four where pagers were

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<v Speaker 1>remotely detonated allegedly by Israeli Mussad during a Hesbla gathering,

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<v Speaker 1>and also ICOM radios were detonated and exploded during a

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<v Speaker 1>Hesbela funeral, there's been some new facts come to light.

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<v Speaker 1>ICOM makes a public statement and I wanted to respond

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<v Speaker 1>to some of the comments that you guys made. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>go so long story short. Watch this video here I

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the fact that Icon was in the news

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<v Speaker 1>some radios that were labeled ic V eighty two, a

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<v Speaker 1>radio which is more than twenty years old in its

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<v Speaker 1>original design and has been out of production since twenty fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>so ten years, ten years. This radio has been out

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<v Speaker 1>of production. Some of these radios were used, they were

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<v Speaker 1>tampered with, and they all exploded at the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least a lot of them did as bombs.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a Hesbela gathering during the Israeli Hesbela war

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<v Speaker 1>that's going on in the Middle East right now. Almost

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<v Speaker 1>called it a skirmish. Okay, some people might get mad

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<v Speaker 1>at that. There's a war going on in the Middle

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<v Speaker 1>East right now. And ICOM has said that those radios

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<v Speaker 1>were not true Icon radios that ICV eighty two apparently

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<v Speaker 1>has been. There's been a lot of fakes out there

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time. ICOM's got a page on their

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<v Speaker 1>website that I shared in the last video that said, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>this is how you spot a fake. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of fakes out there. Ali Express Team, you Ali Baba

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<v Speaker 1>something blah blah blah blah. Who knows where to get

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<v Speaker 1>these things? Okay, anybody can make a radio and put

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<v Speaker 1>whatever they name they want on it, especially if your

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<v Speaker 1>government is doesn't have laws against such things. I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>leave it at that right there. But ICOM came out

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<v Speaker 1>and made a statement said these were not ours. And

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<v Speaker 1>my point was I'm like, hey, that's great. That they're

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<v Speaker 1>responding to it, but I'm like, I don't really care

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<v Speaker 1>if they were or were not Icon radios. They were

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<v Speaker 1>radios that were obviously tampered with and explosives added to

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<v Speaker 1>the This was not just a battery that caught on

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<v Speaker 1>fire all at the same time, on dozens or hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of these radios all at the same time. No, this

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<v Speaker 1>was a planned attack. So it was an explosion that happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of them happened at the same time. And it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter to me if it was Icon or anybody else,

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<v Speaker 1>because these were tampered with after the fact, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>a ten year old or a radio that's been out

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<v Speaker 1>of production for ten years. But it's really good that Icon,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, kind of faced the bull head on as

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<v Speaker 1>it were, so right here three days ago at the

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<v Speaker 1>time of this recording. Regarding the current media reports, this

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<v Speaker 1>is from Icomamerica dot com. We have confirmed from interview

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<v Speaker 1>footage reported by the Lebanese media around nineteen hundred on

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<v Speaker 1>September eight seven PM. On September eighteen, twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>the following comments from mister Johnny Corn, the Lebanese Minister

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<v Speaker 1>of Communications, the radios that have exploded were not authorized

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<v Speaker 1>devices by Lebanon's Ministry of Communications. Normally we would only

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<v Speaker 1>allow imports after type approval of the General Security Directorate

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<v Speaker 1>and Intelligence Directorate. They were not imported through a distributor either,

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<v Speaker 1>the reason being that the model number of the radio

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<v Speaker 1>involved is no longer being manufactured by the manufacturer Icon Inc.

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<v Speaker 1>We also know for certain that the counterfeit radios are

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<v Speaker 1>of the same model number and being imported from other countries.

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<v Speaker 1>There is growing concern that telephones and other devices may explode,

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<v Speaker 1>but there is no danger of this with officially imported products.

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<v Speaker 1>Officially imported products in other words, products that are legal

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<v Speaker 1>to be imported from the proper manufacturer into Lebanon. Okay. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lebanese authorities have established and indicated that the exploding

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<v Speaker 1>radios were not our products. Okay, our distribution system for

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<v Speaker 1>products of overseas markets, so they go through here. This

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<v Speaker 1>is ICOM speaking again. We have established an export program,

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<v Speaker 1>the ICOM Security Trade Control Program, based on the provisions

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<v Speaker 1>of the Security Export Control Regulations, and we export our

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<v Speaker 1>products for overseas markets under a strict management system until

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<v Speaker 1>they reach our authorized distributors. All the radios we manufacture

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<v Speaker 1>are asigned to serial number. When we receive an order

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<v Speaker 1>from an overseas authorized distributor, the product is shipped from

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<v Speaker 1>our manufacturing subsidiary, Waikiyama kom Company Ltd. A Rita Factory

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<v Speaker 1>and Kinwa Factory Waikayama Prefector. The products are delivered to

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<v Speaker 1>the authorized distributors by Forwarder, a company that handles the

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<v Speaker 1>transportation of goods. We keep track of all the information

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<v Speaker 1>related to the transportation companies involved in the process, including

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<v Speaker 1>the means routes used by linking to the serial numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>In addition, it is not confirmed with serial number product

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<v Speaker 1>will be sold to which end user until the time

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<v Speaker 1>of sale, of course not Therefore, it can be considered

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<v Speaker 1>that virtually impossible, that it is virtually impossible to target

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<v Speaker 1>radio equipment used in a specific end user to the

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<v Speaker 1>distribution channel of our authorized distributors. Okay, and it goes

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<v Speaker 1>on for a little bit more. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>read the whole thing to you, but right here this

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<v Speaker 1>little paragraph regarding the radios that exploded, the only way

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<v Speaker 1>to determine the radio that exploded was not an Icon

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<v Speaker 1>product is to actually physically check one of the damaged devices. However,

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<v Speaker 1>upon coalition, with the multiple content of information that has

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<v Speaker 1>come to light so far, such as the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>the radio did not have a hologram stick or attached

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<v Speaker 1>to HA as reported in the second update and the

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<v Speaker 1>above comments, we believe that the possibility that the radio

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<v Speaker 1>that exploded was an Icon product is it extremely low.

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<v Speaker 1>So there we go. I will link this news report

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<v Speaker 1>and this is just from Icom America's website. I will

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<v Speaker 1>link this in the description blow. You guys can go

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<v Speaker 1>check that out read more for yourself. Another article that

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<v Speaker 1>came out that I found after I recorded my last

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<v Speaker 1>video says Japanese firm Icon says exploding walkie talkies were fakes.

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<v Speaker 1>And then it goes down to you know, that's just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of the title. It's a clickbait title. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>clickbait title. This is not my it's not my website.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Aurora Israel dot co dot dot co dot

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<v Speaker 1>IL And after the title, the first paragraph says Japanese

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<v Speaker 1>telecommunications company ICOM has said that it is extremely unlikely

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<v Speaker 1>that it's walkie talkie models were used in the explosions

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<v Speaker 1>that targeted numbers of a SHEA terrorist groups HESBLA in

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<v Speaker 1>Lebanon last week, So that's another article right there. So

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<v Speaker 1>spoiling walkie talkies were fakes, and even in their official

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<v Speaker 1>statement they heard they said that the fact that it

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<v Speaker 1>was an Icon, well, the possibility that was an Icon

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<v Speaker 1>product is extremely low. Like I said in my last video,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I don't care. I can understand if I

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<v Speaker 1>was Icon, I'd probably be saying the same thing. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't blame them for saying for taking the stance. I

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<v Speaker 1>just don't think it matters because the radios were of

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<v Speaker 1>obviously tampered with. They were not factory radios. They were

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<v Speaker 1>tampered with after the fact. They were not faulty batteries

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<v Speaker 1>that caught on fire or exploded all at the same time. No,

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<v Speaker 1>this was a coordinated attack. So it's obviously the radios

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<v Speaker 1>and those pagers from the previous day were something that

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<v Speaker 1>were tampered with prior to the explosion, but after the fact,

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<v Speaker 1>ten years after ICOM stopped making the radio even if

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<v Speaker 1>they were not fakes, which it looks like they were. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>got some really cool comments, some comments that I did

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<v Speaker 1>not agree with, some comments that were very good. So

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<v Speaker 1>I welcome all your comments. Even if I don't agree

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<v Speaker 1>with you, I'm not asking you to agree with me.

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<v Speaker 1>I still want to hear what you have to say,

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<v Speaker 1>so thank you for commenting, all of you. Katie seven

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<v Speaker 1>JVR says. According to Josh, these radios were purchased at

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<v Speaker 1>Ali Express. That right there leads me to believe they

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<v Speaker 1>were counterfeit. And then Josh actually commented. He said, I

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<v Speaker 1>said I found them on Ali Express, not that they

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<v Speaker 1>were sourced from there. So these radios are available in

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<v Speaker 1>multiple places Ali Express, I think team you has them.

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<v Speaker 1>You can probably find them all over eBay. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>one commenter said, hey, I bet there'll be a flood

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<v Speaker 1>of them on eBay. Now maybe I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't looked I have not looked at that, so uh

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully not. Don't don't don't go buy what unless it's

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<v Speaker 1>being shipped from inside the United States. Don't go buy

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<v Speaker 1>one on eBay right now? This one's good right here.

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<v Speaker 1>I really like this one, Major Kong, great name dude. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>who cares if they were fake or not? Oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Hams And I said the ICV eighty two was a

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<v Speaker 1>ham radio. Explain why we shouldn't care. So, whatever niche

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<v Speaker 1>or hobby or group you're in, if your product was

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<v Speaker 1>used for something nefarious, wouldn't you have something to say

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<v Speaker 1>about it? If there was bombs planted in fishing reels

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<v Speaker 1>that were shipped all over the country and detonated at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, wouldn't the fishermen using those reels and

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<v Speaker 1>the fishing real manufacturer when they have something to say

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<v Speaker 1>about it? If BLO punked this car stereo company, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know if they're still around. Bombs went off

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<v Speaker 1>or exposively went off inside of a blow punked stereo

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<v Speaker 1>would wouldn't you want to say something about it? If

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<v Speaker 1>you were a fan of block punks? How I got

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<v Speaker 1>one of those in my truck. But it's never come on, man,

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<v Speaker 1>give me a break. They were Ham radios made by Icon,

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<v Speaker 1>one of our best radio manufacturers. It's it's something we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna Yeah, you should care, You should care. I'm saying

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter. I care if they were fakes or not.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm saying it doesn't matter what the end result

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<v Speaker 1>is the same. It doesn't matter one way or the other.

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<v Speaker 1>So this one was This had a lot of comments

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<v Speaker 1>on it before I got to it. So that's why

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<v Speaker 1>I've got it so small on the screen right now.

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<v Speaker 1>One commenter said, nobody is asking how they made them explode, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what's more likely they intercepted the order of radios put

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<v Speaker 1>explosives in them, or all radios have this ability to

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<v Speaker 1>have their batteries explode through some sort of remote circuitry,

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<v Speaker 1>and ultimately all of us with this type of comms

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<v Speaker 1>equipment could be targeted in the same way. And some

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<v Speaker 1>people commented down here he's like leading theory, right. The

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<v Speaker 1>first comment says, leading theory is that they were manufactured

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<v Speaker 1>with built exposed as part of device's motherboard. That's just

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<v Speaker 1>a theory. Well, I can tell you right now if

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<v Speaker 1>that's If that's the case, then they were fake. They

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<v Speaker 1>manufactured this way. Somebody tampered with them after the fact,

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<v Speaker 1>and planted these explosives on purpose. And along those lines,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody else competed. Jason, you missed the most important thing

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<v Speaker 1>all the pages were remotely detonated at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>GSM technology made it easy. The h t's were also

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<v Speaker 1>remotely detonated across the country at the same time. Clearly

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<v Speaker 1>they were sold with the most sad mod mosad mod

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<v Speaker 1>and I reply to say it, I'm pretty sure that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I said. If I wasn't clear about it, I apologize,

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<v Speaker 1>but yeah, that's my point. They weren't exploding. They weren't

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<v Speaker 1>faulty batteries that were exploding. Okay, the batteries the Samsung.

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<v Speaker 1>That didn't happen to every Note seven, all at the

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, that's what makes me say they

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<v Speaker 1>were tampered with after the fact. This one here is

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<v Speaker 1>to call SEQ contest on a work band. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>let's move on. Yeah, okay, it's a bummer that the

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<v Speaker 1>can imagine the knee jerk overreach to ban them and

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<v Speaker 1>other handheld radios from airlines. My response was the first response,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, I don't think there's a bad image here.

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<v Speaker 1>These radios have been out of production for more than

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<v Speaker 1>ten years and have obviously been tampered with. And then

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<v Speaker 1>the original comment or replied and said, I agree, there

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't be if you take the time to look at

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<v Speaker 1>the facts. I worry that few people who aren't fully

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of uninformed thingking exactly how the mainstream media

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<v Speaker 1>still exists today. Yeah, yep, that's all I'm gonna say

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<v Speaker 1>about that. There we go. Why is the media so

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<v Speaker 1>quick to jump in and blame the manufacturers for misdeeds

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<v Speaker 1>of people? Like you said, trying to blame a gun

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<v Speaker 1>manufacturer or a radio manufacturer for these acts is completely wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>They need to stop with the sensationalism of an already

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<v Speaker 1>terrible situation. And my reply was exactly thanks for commenting.

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<v Speaker 1>Several people said that the gun analogy wasn't a good one.

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<v Speaker 1>I stand by my statement on that. In fact, along

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<v Speaker 1>got about the gun analogy. This analogy is ridiculous. A

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<v Speaker 1>so much. And my response was, regardless of what the

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<v Speaker 1>If you use it incorrectly or modify it, that's not

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<v Speaker 1>the fault of the manufacturer. And that was really my

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<v Speaker 1>only point for saying anything about the gun analogy in

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<v Speaker 1>my original video. But I am a second supporter and

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<v Speaker 1>I do not apologize for that. This channel is not

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<v Speaker 1>about the Second Amendment. It's not about politics, it's not

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<v Speaker 1>about the Constitution. But I will say I am a

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<v Speaker 1>Second Amendment supporter. Very very rarely is the gun the

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<v Speaker 1>usually the person behind the gun that's a bad guy.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, don't blame the gun, and don't blame the

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<v Speaker 1>radio that had explosive planet in it after the fact,

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<v Speaker 1>ten years after it was out of production, or that

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<v Speaker 1>All right, in this guy here, I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>share this guy's name. In fact, I had to go

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<v Speaker 1>look him up. I wouldn't share exactly who he was.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a fellow YouTuber, not someone I know, not someone

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<v Speaker 1>who's ever been on my channel before. I'm not really

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<v Speaker 1>into public shaming, so I don't want to share his

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<v Speaker 1>name and his channel. But he said, sorry, Jason, but

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<v Speaker 1>this has nothing to do with the hobby we all love. Really,

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<v Speaker 1>even though I comes in it interesting interesting point. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it does little else other than to demonstrate the chase

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<v Speaker 1>for views. Want everyone viewing my videos. I don't apologize

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<v Speaker 1>that I make videos to chase views. I don't apologize

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<v Speaker 1>for that. If I was on here talking about some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of news story in the news that was a

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<v Speaker 1>hot topic that had to do with maybe a gun story,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a mass shooting, that had nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 1>radio at all, then maybe this comment would make sense.

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<v Speaker 1>But this was literally Icon Japan in the news for

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<v Speaker 1>radios that were supposedly made by them, but it looks

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<v Speaker 1>like they probably weren't. It was literally Icon news. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you totally missing the point there, bro. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what to tell you. I'm a YouTuber creator to a

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<v Speaker 1>small channel, but I could never countenance countenance making a

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<v Speaker 1>video about a subject which has very tenuous link to

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<v Speaker 1>conflict and just wish everyone would get along in the

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<v Speaker 1>Ham radio spirit. That I agree with you on that point,

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<v Speaker 1>but especially given the circumstances and consequences, I can only

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<v Speaker 1>say sorry, but I feel this sort of video is

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<v Speaker 1>quite cynical. Three and my response was I think a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit professional. Well, you run your channel the way

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<v Speaker 1>you want to and I'll do the same, then we'll

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<v Speaker 1>both be happy. Deal question Mark. And then he replied back,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said one hundred and ten percent he'd let

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<v Speaker 1>it go. And then the last comment I got was, yes, Jason,

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<v Speaker 1>you tell him so. Yeah. Literally, icon is in the news,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's not about Ham Radio. I don't get that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't apologize for wanting people. I don't I

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<v Speaker 1>don't apologize for chasing views. As he put it, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>chasing views inside of the Ham radio sphere that we

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<v Speaker 1>all live in that we all are associated with one

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<v Speaker 1>another in Okay, And I've said it before. I said

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<v Speaker 1>it in a live stream just not too long ago.

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<v Speaker 1>I make Bowfang videos and they get tens of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of views in the first four or five days. Three

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<v Speaker 1>four days, I make a video about a IC seven

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<v Speaker 1>oh five. The very first video I made about the

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<v Speaker 1>IC seven o five after I got it in my possession,

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<v Speaker 1>got like twenty five hundred and three thousand views in

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<v Speaker 1>the first four or five days. Why seven oh five

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<v Speaker 1>is much better radio than a bowe fang is okay?

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<v Speaker 1>So why? And I still I can make a bowfang

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<v Speaker 1>video today and it had ten thousand views in the

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<v Speaker 1>first three or four days. Why. Well, I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 1>Opinions of why vary, but you know what, You know

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<v Speaker 1>what that tells me. When I get so many views

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<v Speaker 1>on a bowfang video and not so many views on

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<v Speaker 1>another video about another topic, about another radio, that tells

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<v Speaker 1>me that you want to watch bowfang videos. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm making videos for you guys, for my audience, for

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<v Speaker 1>my subscribers, my watchers, my viewers, my commenters, for you.

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<v Speaker 1>If you didn't watch it, then I probably wouldn't make

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<v Speaker 1>a video about a second one again. I probably wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>make a video about that topic again, or that model again,

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<v Speaker 1>or that subject again. But I am following what you

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<v Speaker 1>guys want to see and I love talking about it

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<v Speaker 1>because it's Ham radio. It's all fun to me. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care. So what do you think about this latest

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<v Speaker 1>these latest updates from Icon themselves? What do you think

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<v Speaker 1>about the ICV eighty two? What do you think about

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<v Speaker 1>some of these comments, because there's a lot more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of you commented, a lot of you commented

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<v Speaker 1>that was I just took those screenshots in the first

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<v Speaker 1>like the second or third day. It's been more than

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<v Speaker 1>a week now that I'm recording this new video, So

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<v Speaker 1>comment below, tell me what you think, and uh, hopefully

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