Chinese Radios Have Done So Much For Amateur Radio

[MW1BLE]

Hi All
I believe Chinese radios have done so much for amateur radio because now now you can be on the air for under £20
Why spend hundreds of pounds just to see if you like the hobby ?
Why spend hundreds of pounds for a UHF / VHF scanner when a Baofeng UV-5R will do just fine
The list could on and on
Amateur Radio has so much to thank the Chinese radios for

73s Colin MW1 BLE

[paulears]

I don't disagree. My very first icom 260E cost over three hundred quid. nearly three weeks wages! A Chinese radio is now the price of a visit to McDonalds!

[OH8GAD]

I hope that visit to Maccy Dees feeds the whole family. I mean, thirty quid on burgers for one person...!

[AlexGoldfarb]

Hello, and my apologies if that was discussed before, I am quite new to DMR world. I have two TYT radios: MD 380 and UV 380, and for some reason there is no sound. I put them on the frequency of local repeater and cannot hear anything (though there are bars that are moving, so I assume I have the signal). I then put them on the same frequency to talk to each other and again, I see the signal is coming through, but I cannot hear anything with volume at max. I spent time watching YouTube video's, but that did not help. Can anyone maybe guide me through it? I think it has something to do with programming the radios, but I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.
Thanks!
Alex