rice box

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English

Noun

rice box (plural rice boxes)

  1. (slang) A cheap Asian-made electronic device.
    • 1975, 73 Amateur Radio's Technical Journal (issues 172-177, page 110)
      Rice box, rice box, every where? Where will this mess all end? The FMer realizes the increasing sophistication of the hobby.
    • 2002, 73 Amateur Radio Today (issues 494-505)
      A morning at my local hamfest got me a low-band transceiver (everybody called it a "rice box") for what seemed to me a very reasonable price. The antenna, however, was a more difficult problem.