[TenTec] ARRL FTdx9000 ETR

[John R]

Bob:

I think a lot of hams actually use rigs before deciding which ones  
they prefer. I am not in the category of John, W5GI, who has run  
through over 1,000, but I have used a bunch in the past four years.  
W5GI's current main rig is the Flex Radio; mine is another W5GI  
favorite, the Japan Radio JST-245. I still have an OMNI VI, a Mark V  
Field, and a TS-570S(G).

CW will always be around, of course. I use it 90% of the time myself.  
But I'm 68. Trends do not promise a growing cohort of CW mavens worth  
marketers' time is my point. ICOM's success with its new platform  
will be easily measured by looking at its annual reports for the next  
few years. It hasn't laid an egg yet . . .

73,
John, W3ULS