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Re:Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sourc... by ianburrell on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:55AM (#41581463)
It is likely that they were authentic Icom devices. My understanding is that it is common for commercial radios to be programmed by distributor. Or Gold Alpha gave a good deal on pagers and radios and then were intercepted from warehouse.

I don't think Icom would ever put name on generic radio, they make all their radios in Japan. It is like Toyota putting name on another car.

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Re:Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sourc... by borski on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @12:34PM (#41582080)
Toyota puts their engines in other cars all the time.
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Re:Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sourc... by toast0 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:44PM (#41583881)
There's lots of Toyotas in this list[1] in both directions. Toyota is happy to build cars with other people's names on them, as well as put their name on a car someone else built.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_badge-engineered_veh...

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Re:Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sourc... by ianburrell on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @06:50PM (#41586493)
I read that Icom V82 is discontinued and most available are counterfeit.
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