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

Sun, 25 Aug 2002 13:57:02 +0200

... I should add also quite a few radios I know of that armed forces used in
something like the MARS mode, covering their own frequencies and handies
programmed to outlandish frequencies.
			73
		Alex	4Z5KS

-----Original Message-----
From: Igor Sokolov [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:32 PM
To: [email protected]
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

> 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.
> >
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