[ICOM] 7800 vs. PROIII vs?

[Malcolm Ringel]

Jan:  Thanks for the info ...that's why I posed the question. My clearly
unscientific surmise was based not on "data", but on my personal observation
that I almost never hear anyone discussing their Ten-Tec products, whereas
Icom is often a hot topic.
It may well be that I am listening to different people/in different areas or
simply a matter of timing.
Frankly, I wish there were a dozen top-end rigs, all from different healthy
manufacturers, with the resulting competitive improvements which would
surely result.
Geeez...why can't I just shut up.
Best wishes from the Maryland Eastern Shore

Malcolm, K3KZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan C. Robbins" <swanman at cfu.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 7800 vs. PROIII vs?


> I'd be curious to know why one might think the Orion "doesn't sell
> nearly as well" as, say, the 7800.  The data I've seen suggest the Orion
> is selling better than any other top-of-the-line transceiver has in the
> last decade, given its limited supply schedule.  It would be doing a
> great deal better if supply could begin to keep up with worldwide
> demand, which so far it can't.
>
> As to the comparisons, at least half a dozen independent testing
> operations rate the Orion higher than the 7800, not one the other way
> round.  The margins vary, of course.
>
> 73 Jan
>
> Malcolm Ringel wrote:
>
> > Why, then, do you suppose they (Ten-Tec Orions) do not sell nearly as
well
> > as the Icom products ? This is not offered as a "smart remark" , just
> > genuine curiosity.
> > As always, 73 to most.
> > Malcolm Ringel, K3KZ
> > St. Michaels, MD
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <N8GMB at aol.com>
> > To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 10:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ICOM] 7800 vs. PROIII vs?
> >
> >
> >
> >>The Ten-Tec Orion according to the tests and reviews I have read out
> >
> > performs
> >
> >>easily the 7800 under difficult conditions, for a fraction of the price
of
> >>the Icom...
> >>
> >>Chuck
> >>n8gmb
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