[Icom] ICOM america?

Sun, 19 May 2002 13:42:30 -0500

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At 10:00 AM 5/19/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Matt
>Thanks for inviting us to
>
>"Stop in on my web site, and look at the "Rumor Mill", for the latest
>"intel" on ICOM gear."
>
>How does one find out the URL of your site?????
>
>
>73 de Jim [email protected]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
>Behalf Of Matt Erickson
>Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:51 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Icom] ICOM america?
>
>
>Hi All,
>Just because you can't get new info from ICOM America, does not mean that
>ICOM Japan isn't "up to something".
>I have found that many times ICOM USA does not know about a new model of
>radio until the truck pulls up to the dock and out comes a new shipment.
>Case in point, IC-756PRO II.
>I can't confirm if this is by design or by default.  ICOM Japan "is" in
>charge anyway, if they choose not to tell ICOM USA about developments, that
>is their option.
>I find out about recent and future developments in ICOM radio by paying
>close attention to the ICOM JA site, and a number of Japanese hams that
>"leak" info to me.
>I also get the "heads-up" from my friends at ICOM Canada, who seem to be
>much better informed than the USA guys.
>
>So, by "talking" with an ICOM USA Rep at a ham-fest,  your not really
>getting the full story of what is going on in Japan, where all these radios
>are built.
>I have also found that ICOM USA Reps have been fed mis-leading or
>"dis-information" by ICOM JA, to throw them off scent, or send them on a
>"snipe-hunt", keeping them away from the real story.
>The true reasons for this, are only known by ICOM JA executives.
>There is the possibility that ICOM JA is pro-active in attempting to
>side-track competitors, who spy on them via the same routes your or I use.
>Not much different from the way the CIA "leaks" dis-information, purposely
>to confuse and deflect spy activity.
>
>Adam Farson VA7OJ/AB4OJ, and myself, have predicted/forecast the arrival of
>at least three of the latest models, from the info we gather, and also by
>deductive reasoning, logical extrapolation, and pure luck. We were lucky
>enough to correctly target the features these units would carry,
>site-unseen.
>Stop in on my web site, and look at the "Rumor Mill", for the latest
>"intel" on ICOM gear.
>
>73 de Matt KK5DR
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