Thanks for the info, Adam. I hope that Ten Tec will take advantage of
the world commercial market, too. I recall that Paragons were sold to
the U. S. government under a GSA contract. Fortunately, this did not
drive up the amateur price. I always suspected that the big increases in
price of the old Collins S-line were due to the fact that they could
sell to the government for a high price, so they jacked up the price to
amateurs as well.
I think that the new 516 has great potential for portable operation,
with the right accessories. It certainly has enough power, when
conditions just won't support 5 watts. My only objection is that the LED
display is not sunlight readable, though it is more rugged and
economical that an LCD. I wonder if high intensity 7 segment displays
are available?
73,
Bob WB2VUF
Adam Farson wrote:
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> The Icom IC-703 was announced at HamFair Tokyo, and will be available in
> Japan at the end of this year. I should think that it will be available in
> North America by Dayton next year (or earlier).
> <http://www.archi.is.tohoku.ac.jp/~ooba/ja7ude/hamfair2002/icom.htm>
>
> Here is an AltaVista translation of Icom Japan's IC-703 page:
>
> http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/icom/ic703/ic703.html
>
> The U.S. amateur market is a relatively small part of Icom's marketplace for
> HF equipment. All Icom HF transceivers are designed to meet basic ITU-R
> requirements, so that they can be sold to commercial and governmental users
> in the international marketplace.
>
> Best 73,
> Adam, VA7OJ/AB4OJ
> North Vancouver, BC, Canada
> http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/
>
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