[Dx4win] ICOM 765 !

[Gregory Brown]

Mel,

The point of my post was to let Lou, and anyone else facing the same problem
with their CT-17s, know just how easy and inexpensive they are to fix.  I
wasn't attacking ICOM for overpricing their products, or complaining about
the cost of technology.  Everyone recognizes the value of research,
development, design and marketing, so I didn't think it necessary to append
a disclaimer to that effect to my post.  It's just always amazed and amused
me to find out how much cars, radios, or people for that matter, are worth
if you simply total their "parts", so I just thought I'd toss the CT-17
example in as an humorous aside to my post.

That a $1.87 worth of organic chemicals can take about $2 worth of paint and
canvas and turn it into a multi-million dollar work of art is pretty
amazing.  I sure as heck can't do that...but I *can* fix a CT-17 for $3.00,
and hopefully now Lou and a few others might give it a try, too.  I'll leave
the creation of real "Mona Lisas", such as DX4WIN, the ProII and superfluous
responses to helpful posts, to real artists! ;-)

Happy New Year to all of us common, parts-cheap, folk!
Greg KT0K



-----Original Message-----

Reply-To: <ve2dc@rac.ca>
From: "Mel Martin (VE2DC)" <ve2dc@rac.ca>
To: "'Gregory Brown'" <gbrown1@unl.edu>, <dx4win@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [Dx4win] ICOM 765 !
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:19:46 -0500

If you added up the cost of the components of a Pro II, I doubt that
would come out anywhere near the selling price either... But then, is
the value of the Mona Lisa calculated in terms of a little canvas and
some oil paint?

Happy New year to all...