[Icom] Icom , what's the real 2720 story?

[George, W5YR]

I seriously doubt that the Icom management, either in Japan or America,
reads this reflector much less pays any attention to the postings.

I, too, have had Icoms for a few decades, but I realize that to Icom the US
amateur market is peanuts compared to even their own Japan ham market and
it all pales in comparison to their government/commercial/military
businesses. I suspect that we are very much a "hobby sideline business"
that Icom allows to run because it pays its way and keeps the name before
the public.

I recall that once the CEO of Texas Instruments, from which I retired in
1985, once accused the Vice President of the division in which I worked of
running his business as a hobby. So, it does happen in big companies.

Hate to sound like a pessimist, but sometimes reality must intrude . . . 
<:}

73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas         
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe   
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina 505 DSP  #91900556  Icom IC-765 #02437


Bob Marzari wrote:
> 
> Yo! Icom, get off your butt or your going to lose a 30 year long time
> customer. Are you spinning the boards or is this total BS? The least you can
> do is give your dedicated dealers the truth so they can address questions by
> your long time buyers.
>