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Default Cheap Chinese rubbish

On 01/02/2021 10:32 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Their Li Ion batteries are 8 times less capacity than advertised, but
you moan and get them free.


In a thread in another group Baofeng radios came up for discussion.
There was one listed on eBay with a miraculous 18W output and a 8000 mAh
battery. People on the ham forums were of the opinion a small, handheld
transceiver might put out 18W of RF power for a few seconds before the
melting plastic became annoying.