Mel, The point of my post was to let Lou, and anyone else facing the same problem with their CT-17s, know just how easy and inexpensive they are to fix. I wasn't attacking ICOM for overpricing their products, or complaining about the cost of technology. Everyone recognizes the value of research, development, design and marketing, so I didn't think it necessary to append a disclaimer to that effect to my post. It's just always amazed and amused me to find out how much cars, radios, or people for that matter, are worth if you simply total their "parts", so I just thought I'd toss the CT-17 example in as an humorous aside to my post.
That a $1.87 worth of organic chemicals can take about $2 worth of paint and canvas and turn it into a multi-million dollar work of art is pretty amazing. I sure as heck can't do that...but I *can* fix a CT-17 for $3.00, and hopefully now Lou and a few others might give it a try, too. I'll leave the creation of real "Mona Lisas", such as DX4WIN, the ProII and superfluous responses to helpful posts, to real artists! ;-) Happy New Year to all of us common, parts-cheap, folk! Greg KT0K -----Original Message----- Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Mel Martin (VE2DC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Gregory Brown'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Dx4win] ICOM 765 ! Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:19:46 -0500 If you added up the cost of the components of a Pro II, I doubt that would come out anywhere near the selling price either... But then, is the value of the Mona Lisa calculated in terms of a little canvas and some oil paint? Happy New year to all...
