You're channeling Cole Porter:
Birds do it
Bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let's do it
Let's fall in love
-- Let's Do It, Cole Porter
On Jul 5, 2013, at 4:40 AM, Robert Mcgraw wrote:
> Ford does it every year.
> Chevrolet does it every year.
> Dodge does it every year.
> Honda does it every year.
> Toyota does it every year.
> Harley Davidson does it every year.
> Yamaha does it every year.
> Sony does it every year.
> LG does it every year.
> Samsung does it every year.
> Cessna does it every year.
> Piper does it every year.
>
> Get the point? So what's the big deal?........there is none. We can
> still buy them used and we can still get any and all of them repaired.
> This is exactly the same as the Tentec Orion II. They just haven't
> announced a new model.........yet.
>
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
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>> 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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