On the subject of PC radiso, It would be interesting to see how many radio
operators would like a PC like radio,
I don't think the market would be very wide. So the costs would be
enormous, There has to be a 'major' demand to over come the costs of R&D to
bring all these 'cards' to market. It doesn't exist so it isn't going to
happen soon.
We have a company here, that makes just such high end radios for the
military on HF. A Ham is on the R&D Management there. It is using mix and
match boards, can monitor multiple frequences at once, is DSP based and is
computer controlled. The R&D on this is huge and the single board price
would equal 45 Orions.
I personally prefer the knobs. PC control of the knobs still has a delay
which always makes me overshoot the right prosition, Knobs just seem to
give me better control. Even if it is remote from the radio.
So, if a radio has all the knobs for controls, is priced for a somewhat
serious HAM, then we are back at the Orion type of radio.
To be first in a product is a big risk, you are revealing your technology,
and you are hoping to hit the price correctly for profit as there is no
previous product with that price to compare with.
I think Ten Tec hit the mark for the product at the time it was released. I
remember the sticker shock at 3300. Now with the others, its not so
shocking.
My comments to an active discussion.
Best 73's
Rich
K5SF
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