[ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton

[John Geiger]

I guess I misunderstood the original post I was replying to.  I thought it
meant that Icom's target audience for all of their products was
disaster/encomm, not just for that particular radio. My mistake.

73s John AA5JG

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Mellinger WA0SXV" <wa0sxv at mellinger.com>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:47 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton


> I guess that I don't understand why a particular radio has to appeal to
> anyone other than the target market.  If you don't want a "rugged" radio,
so
> what?  Let the people that want one buy it.  Icom's product line is broad
in
> both price and sophistication.
>
> 73,
> Mike WA0SXV
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On
> Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 09:31
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton
>
> It would be nice if Icom realized that some of us branch out from this
part
> of the hobby to other areas.  Not all of us want or need a radio ""rugged"
> enough for emergency comms.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary" <n6lrv at cox.net>
> Clearly it's rugged,
> > compact design emulate earlier military radios (like the PRC-138 or
> URC-200) and
> > work well with Icom's target application of emergency/disaster comms.
>
>
>
>
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