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Chinese version of Buddipole

1/5/2013

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A Chinese version of the Buddipole appeared recently on ebay.  It caused such a storm on the Buddipole users group on Yahoo that the moderator had to intervene and and ask for the thread to end as it had the potential to to jam the group.
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Ray wb2mly
12/11/2013 04:47:14 am

Never mind the buddipole who is the lovely lady to ur left
73

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Barry Salt VK4BAS
2/4/2014 10:20:16 am

Have camera, photo, and copy. Copy right what is that? Don't under stand english.
Saw this happening when I was a small boy 50 years ago in new zealand, brand new camera's, bus loads of tourests, made in ja 10 years later.
I own a buddidipole and is far supearer in quality than the on a in photo and it woks better.

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