Rightly so.
Bug fixes should be for free but additional feature/functionality should
have a reasonable fee.
That gives the manufacturers an incentive to keep improving the firmware of
the older rigs.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:11 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] How much should an ORION-III cost?
None right now but Flex will be.
Barry N1EU
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Bill NY9H <ny9h@arrl.net> wrote:
> what radio manufacturer charges for update software???
>
> bill ny9h/3
>
>
>
> At 07:03 AM 4/10/2014, you wrote:
>
>> Whatever the name of the future flagship, Ten Tec needs to have a
>> price that allows them to make a profit. We should back them 100% on
this.
>> They aren't making a huge amount of money on these radios.
>> If the parts cost a certain amount and you double or triple that
>> it still wouldn't cover their costs. The price of the radio doesn't
>> account for all the years of software updates we look for.
>> Other companies sell you the radio then you have to pay for any
>> upgrades yearly. Maybe Ten Tec needs to go this way, I hope not.
>> I would think a price for this new rig would be around $6,000. If
>> was above that I would still buy one. I'm willing to pay more to
>> keep them in buisness. This price isn't going to break anyone here,
>> when I see all the other radios that we have in our shacks.
>> If you were to go into amateur astronomy take a look at the prices
>> of some of their flapship telescopes. They don't constantly upgrade
>> their software or harware for years to come.
>> Lee N3LPJ
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "K8JHR" <jrichards@k8jhr.com>
>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How much should an ORION-III cost?
>>
>>
>> Good question, Rodney.
>>>
>>> Nope... not kidding. Kenwood sells the TS-990 for $8,000, and it has
>>> worse specifications than the $1500 TS-590 - AND GUYS ARE BUYING THEM.
>>>
>>> I WOULD PAY $4440 for a radio that beats the Orion II which used to
>>> cost around $4400. Yeah, but it MUST BEAT the Orion II, or I just
>>> keep using mine.
>>>
>>> ------------------------ K8JHR -----------------
>>>
>>> On 4/9/2014 3:59 PM, Rodney wrote:
>>>
>>>> You got to be kidding 4000.00
>>>>
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