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I don't own an Icom Ham Radio, but this is still quite disturbing...
Youtube.com ^ | 09/18/2024 | Average Gun Owner

Posted on 09/18/2024 3:17:14 PM PDT by Pol-92064

A person speculates about Israel putting bombs in consumer products.


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: bombamateur; iwbg; lookwhohatesjews; nutjob; qvirus; radio
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To: Sawdring

IC-705 owner here too. My 9700 is in the shop for repair. $16 parts, $250 labor...


61 posted on 09/18/2024 6:58:41 PM PDT by freebird5850 (The only way I can treat this fever....More cowbell!)
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To: Pol-92064

I’d be worried about China putting things in solar panels and car batteries. Alll at once, the highways become impassable.


62 posted on 09/18/2024 7:00:44 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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To: Celtic Conservative

I have a few in my warehouse salvage. Some probably still work.
I checked a used equipment vendor and they have just over 400 in stock of various flavors, for under $200 each.
There is no description of the battery, so I can’t tell you what chemistry. Possibilities include NiCd, NiMh, Li-ion, Li-polymer with NiMh being the cheapest option. All batteries would be aftermarket, as motorola would deny any such battery ever existed. If you ordered thousands, you would most likely get a mix of chemistries.
Thousands of devices exploding simultaneously is impressive. There has to be a uniformity across the board to get this to happen. It seems like a mole would have to access the systems to send the detonate command over the system architecture.
Maybe a satellite could do it on a separate architecture, but now you need a bigger device in the pager/radio and the devices under a roof wouldn’t hear the command.
I will definitely be watching for news on this one.


63 posted on 09/18/2024 7:19:10 PM PDT by samiam5
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To: Pol-92064

Tone down the chicken little. Israel targeted specific deliveries to Hezbollah. They do not have the resources to globally infect radios. Nor are they stupid enough to do so.


64 posted on 09/18/2024 7:22:25 PM PDT by Godzilla (“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty” - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Weirdad

My father had a Sears .22 that he shot competition with in college. No idea what happened to it, but I think he dropped it overboard in an accident on the Chesapeake Bay. These things happen more frequently than you would imagine, so take heart.


65 posted on 09/18/2024 7:45:00 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: xoxox

Someone should check on the well-being of Nellie Ohr.

____________________

Some times a ham radio operator is just a ham radio operator.


66 posted on 09/18/2024 7:46:57 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( @whoisourPresident)
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To: harpolemond

Icom huh? So a few electronics get sabotaged and all of a sudden every radio in the world is dangerous? If So then how come all my ham radios in my shack never blew up? _____________________

Because, you apparently haven’t ticked off a government sufficiently yet. Your day may be coming.


67 posted on 09/18/2024 7:50:19 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( @whoisourPresident)
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To: Pol-92064

68 posted on 09/18/2024 7:52:43 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Buttons12

“If you’re not interested in ham radio you should be.”

Agree 100%!

There have already been “test runs” of bringing down the cellphone networks.


69 posted on 09/18/2024 8:56:32 PM PDT by Ignatz (The bees don't bother to tell the flies that honey tastes better than dung.)
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To: samiam5

Japan is communist?


70 posted on 09/18/2024 9:58:06 PM PDT by rey
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To: Lurker

LOL

Many these days say “put down the crack pipe”

But bong is still refreshingly useful in that phrase :)


71 posted on 09/18/2024 11:30:12 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

It is also haram, thereby missing the target audience.


72 posted on 09/19/2024 4:23:29 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Odd drop when they’re connected to the deep state.


73 posted on 09/19/2024 8:49:15 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: DYngbld

The “enhanced” Icom gear is likely commercial equipment. I doubt Israel touched Amateur HTs. de N1ENO


74 posted on 09/19/2024 10:42:47 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: rey

“Japan is communist?”

Icom is Japan?


75 posted on 09/19/2024 1:26:03 PM PDT by samiam5
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To: samiam5

Yes. ICOM radios are manufactured in Japan


76 posted on 09/19/2024 1:57:27 PM PDT by rey
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To: rey

Lousy I-communists.


77 posted on 09/19/2024 3:16:25 PM PDT by samiam5
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To: Pol-92064

They haven’t gone after remote-control personal massagers yet, have they? Asking for a friend...


78 posted on 09/19/2024 3:30:12 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Pol-92064

Icom has released several statements addressing the exploding radios. Apparently, neither the radios nor the batteries have been manufactured in about 10 years and the exploders are counterfeit versions:

https://www.icomjapan.com/news/?category=1&utm_source=Main+Audience&utm_campaign=61f076bd75-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_09_20_03_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-61f076bd75-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D


79 posted on 09/23/2024 9:15:32 AM PDT by samiam5
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