[TenTec] Re: Contesting

[Dave Edwards]

Uh...no,
Actually, not a thing has changed.
The Orion is still out of reach for many, and the Icom and Yaesu prices are
just comical!
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <al_lorona at agilent.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:34 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Re: Contesting


>  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

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