[ICOM] Re: New IC-7700 announced at Dayton

[John Geiger]

How is the FTDX9000Contest selling?  That should give
us a good idea of what will happen with the FT7700.

73s John W5TD

--- mel martin <ve2dc at videotron.ca> wrote:

> Oh c'mon... It's just a little circuitry... It's the
> design omission/error
> that's going to be expensive. The 7700 will not sell
> well without
> dual-watch. It's a rig aimed at a discriminating
> (not rich) amateur who
> knows what they want... And I suspect they want
> dual-watch! 6-7K is NOT
> pocket change for most amateurs... For those who it
> is, they will buy the
> 7800 anyway. I'll wait for the inevitable IC-7700A.
> Remember; other "design
> mistakes" such as the 751 were superseded very
> quickly...
> 
> >as this would push the IC-7700 considerably above
> the intended price point.
> 
> 
> Mel...
> VE2DC
> 
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