[CQ-Contest] TenTec Orion questions regarding SO2R suitability

[Eric Scace K3NA]

   And, when the high-end SO2R operator buys two radios, the manufacturer probably earns a better return on the sales of 2 units vs
the return on selling a "SO2R in a box" single unit.  This is not a slam on manufacturers, just a fact of business.  So there isn't
really any financial incentive to develop a SO2R-in-a-box radio, even if the market was there.

   Oh well...

-- Eric K3NA

-----Original Message-----
From: David A. Pruett [mailto:k8cc at comcast.net]
Sent: 2003 May 8 Thursday 23:39
To: eric at k3na.org; Bill Coleman; Bill Tippett;
cq-contest at contesting.com; eric at k3na.org
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] TenTec Orion questions regarding SO2R
suitability

[...snip...]

With regards to AA4LR's comment, I think the demand for this is smaller
that he thinks.  How many ham transceivers do you really think the
manufacturers sell?  I remember buying a IC-765 (a fairly popular radio)
two years after introduction and it was only s/n 3000.  A high-end SO2R
radio is truly a niche product.

Dave/K8CC