Ah, but if the car cost $30,000.00 and the other two comparable models in
it's class cost $100,000.00 and $125,000.00 and didn't perform quite as well
or the same, I would get the car painted(white MIC PH CW labeling), add the
air (N4PY s/w), and power windows(legal limit amp) myself.
On a side note you can buy such a car, the Ford Mustang Cobra R model.
It's for the racetrack only, and blows away the C6, M5's etc at less cost.
Of course it has no air and power windows to save weight, flat black hood to
cut down on glare.
Back to radio's I think the price difference is WAY too much. One could say
their not going to sell very many of them to recoup the engineering costs.
But if they sold them for under $5k I'm sure a lot more will be sold. How
much do you think it cost's them to actually build the transceiver? I really
don't get their marketing strategy.....
73 Jeff kb2m
----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <brazos@rochester.rr.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Contesting
> I always like to hear about how hams prefer performance over looks I
wonder
> if they buy other large ticket items the same way , a house , car etc. I
> believe a large ticket item should have all of the sophistication that is
> common to the market . Can you imagine going into a car dealership and
> paying 30,000 for a fast car that gets 30 miles to the gallon and has only
a
> flat black paint job roll up windows and of course no air ? I don't
think
> so . John Molenda kb2huk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Edwards" <kd2e@comcast.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 8:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Contesting
>
>
> > Uh...no,
> > Actually, not a thing has changed.
> > The Orion is still out of reach for many, and the Icom and Yaesu prices
> are
> > just comical!
> > ...Dave
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <al_lorona@agilent.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:34 AM
> > Subject: RE: [TenTec] Re: Contesting
> >
> >
> > > Of course with the advent of
> > > the IC-7800, an
> > > extra $500 doesn't look too bad anymore, does it?
> > >
> > > Anyhow, that answer came straight from TenTec.
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > > Bernard, WA4OEJ
> >
> > Wow. This is very, very interesting. Does anybody remember the uproar
> > surrounding the Orion's price when it was first announced? Thirty-three
> > hundred dollars, and everybody practically fainted. Just go back and
> > read the threads and feel the anxiety: How could they charge that much?
> > How can the little guy afford it? Does it really do that much more?
> >
> > How things have changed. Whether you find a color display useful or not,
> > essential or not, the Icom 7800 has apparently succeeded in one thing:
> > raising the expectation of the radio amateur as to what he must pay for
> > a new transceiver. (Even if it does not simultaneously raise the bar
> > significantly on essential receiver specs.)
> >
> >
> > Al W6LX
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