Re RE: [Icom] New Rig Price ????

Wed, 21 May 2003 01:30:10 -1000

Well stated!

At 08:12 AM 5/20/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>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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>
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>
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