Is the Cheap Chinese Radio Worth It? Pros & Cons

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Chinese Radios are good as your first radio. My first HF radio was an Elad FDM Duo. If the Xiegu G-90 had been out then, I could have bought 3 of them for the same price and the G-90 has more power and more features. Finally, Chinese manufacturers are building radios that other companies are not. How many Japanese or American companies are building GMRS radios?