[TenTec] Re: Contesting

[al_lorona at agilent.com]

>  Of course with the advent of 
>  the IC-7800, an
>  extra $500 doesn't look too bad anymore, does it?
> 
>     Anyhow, that answer came straight from TenTec.
> 
>             73
> 
>             Bernard, WA4OEJ

Wow. This is very, very interesting. Does anybody remember the uproar
surrounding the Orion's price when it was first announced? Thirty-three
hundred dollars, and everybody practically fainted. Just go back and
read the threads and feel the anxiety: How could they charge that much?
How can the little guy afford it? Does it really do that much more?

How things have changed. Whether you find a color display useful or not,
essential or not, the Icom 7800 has apparently succeeded in one thing:
raising the expectation of the radio amateur as to what he must pay for
a new transceiver. (Even if it does not simultaneously raise the bar
significantly on essential receiver specs.)


Al W6LX