I think the Japanese rigs sell because you take it out of the box, plug
it in, and start making QSOs. Comparing kits and finished radios is
kind of like comparing a basket full of apples with a sapling!
--
72, Ron McDowell - W5RCM / ZS1MCD
w5rcm at volente dot us
Austin TX / Hermanus ZA
On 29 A
Do you think Icom has not sold 5,000 PRO III's? I find that surprising.
I have worked more 756PROs than K2s.
I'm surprised that it would even be profitable to make such a rig in
such small numbers. The bells and whistles probably add more to the R&D
cost than the basic RF engineering, and I th
I think any manufacturer in the cottage business of
Ham Radio would like to sell 5,000 units. I am sure
ICOM would like to sell that many PRO IIIs. Five
thousand units is not a small amount in the business.
Just a point.
Lee - K0Wa
Common sense is in short supply - get some and use it.
If y
My guess is that reasons lie more in the greater number of hams interested
in purchasing a factory-made box vs. a project, rather than any world-wide
hunger for continuously variable PBT / Rx Bandwidth or General HF coverage.
Bob,
KD4WNQ
-Original Message-
What are the reasons for the po
Jerry, NR5A wrote:
"Why??"
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Because there's thousands of hams like KI4GIN and me who like bells and
whistles and are willing to pay for them..
It may not appeal to NR5A and others, but there's a BIG market that it
WOULD appeal to.
73, de Earl, K6SE
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mess it up?? Guess I
just don't get what your getting at. I probably should not have even posted
this.
Jerry - NR5A - South DAkota
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From: "Marinos Markomanolakis, M.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:51 PM
Subject: [Elecr
Dear fellow Elecrafters,
This is going to be an out of the ordinary post, and I am sure will get
quite a bit of criticism, but since there has been a recent discussion about
looking for ways to satisfy as many potential customers as possible (with
the QRO kits etc), I would like to hear some op
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