On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Bruce McLaughlin <bmclaugh@bex.net> wrote:
> What does upset me is that some companies appear to obsolete equipment for
> primarily marketing purposes.
But isn't a manufacturer free to start/end manufacturing of a product
whenever they want, for whatever reason they want? Isn't that the "free"
in "free enterprise"?
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:24 AM, <georgefritkin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The demise of the ORION 2 is the classic case of shooting oneself in the
> foot. After being on the market for many years, the O2 performance is
> still top of the heap. With refreshing and ergonomic changes many more
> years could be had. Yes, parts could be an issue, but even that can be
> overcome. Does the ham market use another 5/6K radio? I would argue yes.
Doesn't Ten-Tec know THEIR business better than we can guess their
business? Perhaps the market could use another 5/6K radio, as long as it
had a significant advantage over the K3. But, to throw out just one idea
(and I have no idea what Ten-Tec is planning - I'm sure they're planning
something), perhaps the market would be much better served by a newly
spec'd radio with a lower initial entry price (and a few hot new features),
to reach many more hams, yet still expandable to that high end 5/6K radio?
73, Barry N1EU
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