[Icom] New Rig Price ????

[wjdiamond]

Hi Folks,

It just occurred to my feeble old mind that maybe Icom deliberately is not
releasing prices at this time to see what type of interest is going on in
forums such as this to see "what the traffic will bare" before the price is
finalized.

It has happened in other areas of mfg. and sales in the past....

I really don't think the price will matter that much because there are a
select group that will buy one no matter what the price is.  This will not
be a starting out in ham radio rig or one for a person just trying to raise
a family and survive. It will be for a select group.

I remember back in the 50's taking a bus to Walter Ashe radio is St. Louis
and spending my Sat. afternoon staring at the Collins gear and dreaming of
owning one. In later years, I had many of them, and it really was no big
deal. Most people swapped them off for the Kenwood 520.

Then later in the 80's I used to drool over the KWM 380 Collins vowing that
some day I would have one. But as it turns out after I paid the big bucks
for one. an Icom 701 would outperform it.

Point being, there always has to be a carrot to dangle and reach for.

Will I buy one? probably, but not before I get a 775 DSP and a 781 first. I
suspect as soon as the new one hits the market, there will be a lot of
781's and 775's for sale.



        William J. Diamond (Bill)
        Rogers, Arkansas USA
        wjdiamond@sbcglobal.net

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