Here's something interesting: ICOM is showing a ne IC-703 on their web site. It appears that it is still under development, but it is interesting to compare specs with the Argo. The ICOM runs 10 W an
Well, sounds like a wonderful application if you are planning on being on the run from U.S. forces ;) -- Original Message -- From: <wb2vuf@gti.net> To: "Ten Tec" <tentec@contesting.com> Sent: Monday,
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 earli
Not necessarily on the run, but short on funding. There are plenty of legitimate entities out there that just can't justify buying something like a PRC-150 when they could get 10 commercial rigs for
Al, In this day and age, an HF transceiver capable of ham-band operation only is destined to have a very limited, and indeed diminishing market. The Japanese general-coverage HF radios find a wide sp
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, thi
Actually, it works just the opposite--the more of them they can sell, whether to the government or anyone else, the less expensive they become to manufacture. In an open market, those savings get pa