[Kenwood] TS7000 approved and are order taking

[peter markavage]

I seem to remember a thread last year(?) on one of the major reflectors,
discussing profitability of the big three. Kenwood was indicated to be
targeting most of their R&D effort in the business radio sector for the
next several years. I'm sure there's probably still some amateur R&D
going on but not a lot has leaked out of the company's infrastructure. It
seems to me, based on the technical and visual innovations of Icom and
Yaesu, Kenwood has a lot of catching up to do to remain a major player in
the HF amateur market.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:28:15 -0800 (PST) Steve Zeiger <kb8viv at yahoo.com>
writes:
>   John makes a good point...How come we aren't playing with our 
> ts-870sat's?  I can't imagine Kenwood (if they plan to be a 
> competitor in the amateur market) would be content to let the 
> ts-2000 (a nice compact rig) be their high end competitor to rigs 
> such as the ic-7800, ft9000, and even the mkv and 756.
>    
>   I can only hope that Kenwood is preparing to unvail an appropriate 
> successor to the 870, something in the vain of the formidable 
> 950sdx..
>    
>   Steve
>   kb8viv
> 
> 
>    
>   Maybe this will encourage Kenwood to get off their duffs and come 
> up with a
> competing radio.
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> All Yaesu owner
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Yeary" 
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS7000 approved and are order taking
> 
> 
> > Boy talk about a non sequitur!!!!!!!!!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phil Florig" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:33 PM
> > Subject: [Kenwood] TS7000 approved and are order taking
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Got this info today.
> > >
> > > "This just in from Icom:
> > > >>> snip <<<
> > > The IC-7000 has been type accepted by the FCC and all of our 
> dealers are
> > > currently taking orders for the unit.
> > > >>> snip <<< "
> > >
> > > FYI
> > > Phil W9IXX