[ICOM] New Pro III - Hold On Guys!

[4x1ad]

When the oil it's going to reach $50 per baril, it's nice to have some good
humour posted on the reflector. ICOM it's not the only manufacturer on the
market with  questionable design and testing processes, procedures and
methods. Yaesu or Microsoft are not better. ICOM should face same ethernal
question of any Product Line Manager: to release a very well tested and
(almost) bug-free product at a very late date or to get on market as fast as
possible before your competitors even with a 70% only tested and debugged
product. Who knows the right answer ?

73
Morel
4X1AD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Rasmussen" <wb8yqj at yahoo.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 5:47 PM
Subject: [ICOM] New Pro III - Hold On Guys!


> Hold on everyone, I think I detect a note of sarcasm
> in this post? Also note the reference to April 1
> (April Fools Day - a coincidence?)
>
> This post -might- not be 100% accurate.
>
> ...
>
> The days of improvements to HF radios where you got a
> nice switch on the front panel as an upgrade to the
> old model that used plug in coils are over. And so the
> manufacturers are left with the question "what can I
> change on a 2 year period to attract new buyers?".
>
> Icom's improvements to an already great rig seem FB
> here!
>
> (Joe - you are a funny guy!)
>
>
>
> [ICOM] New Pro III
> Joe Moraine w5lx at earthlink.net
> I have decided to wait for the new Pro IV, which I
> understand, will be released on April 1st of 2005.
> According to Icom, it will be a significant
> improvement over the original Pro, Pro II, and Pro III
>
> models.
>
>
>
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