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Old November 30th 15, 02:05 PM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.equipment
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Default The end of the profiteering emporia?
"Rambo" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:05:07 -0000, "gareth"
wrote:

With the arrival of the Raspberry Pi 0 at £5, and with the basis of
a complete QRP TRX for the Raspberyy Pi already having been
published, (see hackaday.com) and as most of what makes for a modern TRX
is
not
the RF paths but encapsulated in software, is this the start of the
slippery path for the emporia who sell rigs with vast profit margins?


And when you can pick up a chinese dual band mobile radio for £65 the
writing is surely on the wall for the Japanese Companies.........

Kanji, Hiragana or Katakana?


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