[Kenwood] Kenwood TMW-706S copy of ICOM IC-208D

[Jim Miller]

Was anybody on 11 meters?  There were a 4 main manufacturers with MANY names
on the boxes.

73, Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <lists at w1nr.net>
To: "Anders Janis" <anders.janis at telia.com>
Cc: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>; "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Kenwood TMW-706S copy of ICOM IC-208D


> Anders Janis wrote:
> > Check this out:
> >
> >
> > http://www.rigpix.com/kenwood/tmw706s.htm
> >
> > http://www.rigpix.com/icom/ic208d.htm
> >
> > Why?
> Interesting.  I assume that they collaborated on the design and it is
> being manufactured by a third party.  Kind of like table saws.  Delta,
> Jet and several others all come out of a single factory in Taiwan.
> Outside, they look different, but a look inside shows that the castings
> and most of the internal parts are identical.  I guess this was bound to
> happen for the lower cost Amateur market.  You never know now that the
> JVC/Kenwood merger is underway, we may see a lot more "outsourcing" of
> high volume items.  I wouldn't be surprised to see this rig out under
> other brand names like Radio Shack or Uniden as well!
>
> Mike, W1NR
>
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