of course this is only my opinion, i really think with the world economy and
especially the us economy so bad that all the manufacturers with the exception
of maybe kenwood have reduced their prices drastically, look at the prices of
the 2 meter rigs, i really that the pro is not in the same class as the orion
73 john ku3g
tlogan7@cox.net wrote:Adam -
For what it is worth, the fellow that bought my 756 Pro II lives in New Zealand
and says he has chatted a bit with the Icom rep - according to him Icom is
going to start chopping the price on the ProII. Why this would be the case
makes no sense to me as I am not aware of any new Icom product or "ProII" on
the horizon. But I would be curious if anyone has more info on this.
Continually dropping the price on rigs like the ProII could really make it tuff
competition for the Orion.
73/Tim NZ7C
>
> From: Adam Farson
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: 2003/03/10 Mon PM 01:46:06 EST
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] Misc. Orion comments
>
> no....actually HRO's price of $2539 for the 756Pro II (even including the
> free PS125) is in line with the price I paid for mine at Dayton 2003.
> Traditionally, Icom start discounting a radio when they have a new product
> offering in the wings.
>
> I do not believe that Icom are particularly exercised over the Orion. The
> 756Pro II enjoys a substantial, world-wide non-amateur marketplace from
> which the current Orion implementation is locked out by reason of its
> amateur-bands-only architecture (sub-receiver excepted). In any event, the
> 756Pro II and the Orion are in different price classes.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
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