<<<I was at the Fort Wayne, IN Hamfest last wk end. Talked to Icom, the 7800 will be more like $10,000? AND the first run is spoken for. Go Figure... I also doubted there would be very many 7800s sol
Hi Rob, You made some very good points concerning the "target audiences" for the IC-7800. I believe that the street price will be in the $7K ~ 8K range; a little rich for Joe Ham, but peanuts for the
Adam, I found logic with all of your statements... except one. How do you know the Orion is locked out of these markets? Or to put it another way, just because the firmware available to us is alleged
What is a COTS radio? rich sure not radio than 7800 is thousand Secondly, _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman
Commercial Off The Shelf, as opposed to mil-spec (military specifications) or custom. 73, Dave, AA6YQ What is a COTS radio? rich sure not radio than 7800 is thousand Secondly, _______________________
Hi Ron, I used the term "by definition" for a reason. Popular legend to the contrary, the Orion is not an SDR. (Neither are the IC-756Pro II or IC-746Pro, for that matter - except for their DSP engin
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Or I suppose a smaller and more nimble (and lower overhead) company like TT can just build a different model using the knowledge they've gained designing the Orion (and DSP radios before it) in a rad