[Icom] New Rig Price ????

Wed, 21 May 2003 19:58:50 -0400

Ditto,

No way would I pay that kind of money for basically a software defined
radio. =20

Nor will I pay for the upfront engineering development costs for a radio
that is destined for the commercial service. =20

I paid about 3400 dollars for my 775DSP; that radio is basically all
discreet parts, not a software defined radio.  I would expect to pay no =
more
than what  I paid for the 775DSP (well maybe a little more for the 7 =
inch
LCD Screen).  Although I probably could the afford 10 grand price, I =
will
not pay that kind of money for not much more of a performance increase =
over
the 775DSP's high part count radio.

Reality in price/performance should rule.

Ron ...... NU1U

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of wjdiamond
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 01:09
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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