[Icom] New Rig Price ????

Tue, 20 May 2003 08:12:23 -0400

Bill,
I own the 781 and a 751A, and after looking and reading at and about the
7800, I must say I am more content with the 781 than before.  One can
purchase a mint 781 in the $2.8K range to $3K and still have one of the
best rigs ever made.  The other $7K saved can be used to pick up a new
in the box Acom 2000A super duper amp and still have enough to put up a
new monster antenna and rotator.

With the monster antenna, my 781 will out hear any 7800 on the planet
running into an average antenna, and with the Acom, I will have a nice
1.5KW+ fully automatic transceiver.  Not mention, I still like the CRT
better than the color display of the new rigs.  All I am loosing out on
is the dual display, which I find too busy for me anyway.

73's
Bruce K1XR

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of wjdiamond
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 1:09 AM
To: Icom@Mailman. Qth. Net
Subject: [Icom] New Rig Price ????

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
        [email protected]

        Ham Radio Operator WR=D8T
      Flying The Flag Long Before
            It Was Popular

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 http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html

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