At the moment we are exporting most of our manufacture to China.ĭon’t be so sure about china taking over just yet. This cannot go on for ever, but we are all complicit. In the end, China will become too expensive and we will look for slave labour rates elsewhere. Of course, we have already seen this with most consumer products and white goods. The volumes of loyal customers who would be willing to pay USA manufacturing prices would be far too low, sadly. We could well see the death of Ten Tec and Elecraft unless they design in the USA and make in China. In the end competition is healthy but this is likely to result in the death nell for all manufacturers not in China. We are fast approaching the time when Chinese made amateur products will be every bit as good as Japanese products, but at very much lower prices. Up to now most Chinese amateur products have lacked the finesse of Japanese products but this is rapidly changing. By the next solar minimum in around 4-5 years time the dynamics of the commercial amateur radio market will be very different. At this point, the traditional Japanese brands will die out or be made in China. See also yesterday’s post about 40m Pixie kits at ridiculously low prices.īe in no doubt: within a few years we will see the amateur radio market flooded with quality products made in China with low prices. Only last month I bought a 30W pep all mode rig for 10m: this was made in China. Up to now, the Japanese “big boys” such as Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu have pretty well dominated the amateur radio market, but the Chinese are on the march.
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