Al,
In this day and age, an HF transceiver capable of ham-band operation only is
destined to have a very limited, and indeed diminishing market. The Japanese
general-coverage HF radios find a wide sphere of applicability in other HF
services. Do you remember the Bosnian war of 1993-94? One saw Icom IC-745's,
IC-751A's and IC-725's in the comm. centres of all combatants! That's a big
market in itself. Then there are the hundreds of IC-781's which still
grace U.K. and NATO comm. facilities.
The HF broadcasting station which Boris Yeltsin used to rally his supporters
during that abortive coup was an IC-725 driving an Alpha 87. It certainly
did the job.
Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-admin@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-admin@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Scanandoah, Alan
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 06:20
To: 'Arthur T'; wb2vuf@qsl.net; Ten Tec
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Argo 516 competition and "adventure" operation
Not necessarily on the run, but short on funding. There are plenty of
legitimate entities out there that just can't justify buying something like
a
PRC-150 when they could get 10 commercial rigs for the same price.
Al, K2ZN
-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur T [mailto:rtgsdad@mchsi.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:44 PM
To: wb2vuf@qsl.net; Ten Tec
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Argo 516 competition and "adventure" operation
Well, sounds like a wonderful application if you are planning on being on
the run from U.S. forces ;)
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