dxAce wrote:

"Mark S. Holden" wrote:

dxAce wrote:
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Isn't the 7030+ discontinued? Universal shows it to be so.

dxAce

The radio hasn't been discontinued, but they've stopped importing them to the USA.

I wonder what the reasoning for that was? Universal still carries other AOR products,
at least according to their catalog.

dxAce

I'm guessing they weren't selling many of them.

I love the 7030+ I set up as a "portable", but if I was buying new and
paying retail, it would cost about $2300 for the radio with the options and milspec filters before I added the stuff that made it a "portable".

Without the filters, I didn't like the 7030 as much as my original R8.

What made it worthwhile is the 7030+ is a little smaller, and it draws considerably less power.

My guess is most people who are willing to spend more than the price of the Drake will go for something with a dsp IF, or they'll buy something like a used military radio - for $2k you can buy a used Harris 590.