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

[Adam Farson]

Igor,

This is largely true. Collins Radio Co. were initially an aggressive player
in the ham market, because they were very well aware at the time that many
of the hams who bought their amateur product line were also decision-makers
in the professional and military radio communications field.
Rockwell-Collins exited the amateur market in the late 70's, when they
perceived that this linkage had become less significant - and also when they
could no longer compete cost-effectively with Japanese manufacturers.

The damage which a major radio supplier might cause to its
commercial/governmental marketplace today by abusing its amateur customer
base might not be serious, but could be measurable. An interesting case
study would be the effect of Yaesu's ongoing amateur QA situation on sales
of their other radio communications products.

Personally, the paradox for me is that all my 2m/70cm FM gear is
reprogrammed Icom land-mobile. None of the VHF/UHF ham stuff (from any of
the vendors) offers me acceptable receiver performance (intermod rejection
etc.)

Best 73,
Adam, VA7OJ/AB4OJ
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/
Note new e-mail address:
mailto:farson@shaw.ca


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Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:32
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Subject: Re: [Icom] Icom , what's the real 2720 story?


Well, I think we should not underestimate ham radio market. World wide it is
big enough to accommodate three big companies plus several smaller ones.
Besides a lot of radio hams are also professionals in the field of
communication and their opinions can very often be  pretty influential.

Igor, UA9CDC