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ICOM R75 Discontinued!
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html
Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA |
This is getting bizarre!
"dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA |
DX Ace,
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RHF wrote: DX Ace, . FWIW - Universal-Radio.Com still offers : "Free from ICOM : UT-106 DSP Option A $139.95 Value ! Valid to 06/30/05 with Icom IC-R75 Purchase." Or until the stock of R75's runs out... ;-) dxAce Michigan USA |
Damn, they're dropping like flies!
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Good news ! ! Gonna Buy em all. hold then aside then sell them on Ebay.... MILLIONAIRE ! ! ! ! Bets receiver on earth & I'll have a corner on the market DXace, thanks for the tip ! Dan / NYC |
dxAce wrote: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA What the &*(* is going on??? Steve |
SDANIE,
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"Tom Sevart" wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... What the &*(* is going on??? Steve It's like a Twilight Zone episode. Next thing you know, DXer's will start disappearing. Hey, where'd you go?? --Mike L. |
HJS,
Sony has already discontinued the Sony ICF-2010 and Sony ICF-SW77 Radios. |
Very glad that I bought mine 18 mos ago from Gigaparts - I absolutely love
this radio. Now that it is being discoed, I don't think I will ever sell it. Replaced an FRG100 with it and am very pleased with the performance right out of the box. IMO, best shortwave out there for its price... |
I just called Universal radio and they said they just ordered 250 and
they know NOTHING about it being discontinued. |
called grove enterprises and they know nothing aboutthe R75 or the R8B
being discontinued. hard to believe two of the top SW receiver vendors in this country can't keep a grip on two of their most important products !!! |
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The order taker must not have a clue. Their wesbite is explicit:
"Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio." |
My question is...the R75 seems to still be a very popular receiver. Why
would they discontinue it at this point? It's not all that old even, is it? Someone earlier asked about the Yaesu FRG-100...I believe that one is discontinued as well. Passport 2005 mentions that. |
Invader3K wrote: My question is...the R75 seems to still be a very popular receiver. Why would they discontinue it at this point? It's not all that old even, is it? Someone earlier asked about the Yaesu FRG-100...I believe that one is discontinued as well. Passport 2005 mentions that. There is no indication at present on the Universal site of The FRG-100 being discontinued. dxAce Michigan USA |
I would like to hope that Icom will announce another high performing
receiver, but I think they are discontinuing it because of lack of demand. Kenwood departed from the SWL market a decade ago after producing one of the finest receivers ever to hit the amateur market - the R5000. If Taesu is gone (I don't know that) I guess this leaves AOR and Japan Radio as makers of high performance shortwave receivers. Invader3K wrote: My question is...the R75 seems to still be a very popular receiver. Why would they discontinue it at this point? It's not all that old even, is it? Someone earlier asked about the Yaesu FRG-100...I believe that one is discontinued as well. Passport 2005 mentions that. |
Recently,the Drake R8B's and now the Icom R75's.I wonder which will be
next? True,we can't expect them to be continued forever. cuhulin |
Rats!,why didn't I think of that first!
cuhulin |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA Sheese, we'll have to start stockpiling shortwaves along with ammo now. |
It might be,them slant eyed chinks are undercutting them with those
lower price chink radios. cuhulin |
dxAce: There is no indication at present on the Universal site of The
FRG-100 being discontinued. mike0219116: For a short time last year, Universal did have it listed as discontinued, only to have it show back up as available a few weeks later. PWBR has been saying that the FRG-100 was going to be discontinued for several years, but this years edition says it's "for real" this time. |
MnMikew wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA Sheese, we'll have to start stockpiling shortwaves along with ammo now. One can really never have enough of either one! As to ammo, I'd much rather be in a position of having to much, rather than saying "Oh s**t, I'm out of ammo". dxAce Michigan USA |
I got an email from them that said it's being discontinued - as per their website .. |
wrote in message oups.com... Dan wrote: My Guess is that, until the last R75 production run has finished Icom won't announce a new SW receiver . . . Well, if it's discontinued, don't you think that the last production run is already finished? dxAce Michigan USA Yeah, if there was going to be another production run, then Universal wouldn't have felt the need to stockpile them now. I'm afraid the R75 is history. Steve Universal seems to know ahead of time when something like this is going to happen. They stockpiled the Drake SW2, SAT 800, and now the R75. I remember when they closed out the SW2 for $400. That was a nice radio for the money. |
"RHF" wrote in message oups.com... HJS, Sony has already discontinued the Sony ICF-2010 and Sony ICF-SW77 Radios. . Finally - Once the Sony ICF-SW7600GR goes . . . . bye bye sony and that's no baloney ~ RHF All very nice portables! . . |
wrote in message oups.com... I just called Universal radio and they said they just ordered 250 and they know NOTHING about it being discontinued. Gee, I wonder how it got on their R75 ad. |
WTF is going on ??? First the R8b and now the R-75. Two of the most popular
and written about table tops are going up the spout. The question used to be.... "Should I get a new R-75 or a used R8b ???" Soon, the question will be... "What used table top should I get ???" Is the NRD-545 next ??? I hope ICOM makes a replacement for the R-75. Michael "dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA |
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If this was the 1950s - I say : "This Is A Communist Conspiracy !" :o) . It is the 2000's and I say it is a Capitalist Conspiracy to sell more stock! |
"Michael" wrote in message ... WTF is going on ??? First the R8b and now the R-75. Two of the most popular and written about table tops are going up the spout. The question used to be.... "Should I get a new R-75 or a used R8b ???" Soon, the question will be... "What used table top should I get ???" Is the NRD-545 next ??? I hope ICOM makes a replacement for the R-75. Michael "dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA I see no reason why Icom would ax the R-75 unless they have something else to offer in the future. This is a top notch communications receiver and it's pretty cheap new. If it's totally true and the R-75 will actually be GONE soon, it's a tragedy for SWLers. The R-75 is the perfect DX'ing receiver for the money and fills a need for us. There is a big difference in taking a $1500 radio off the market compared to a rig costing under 5 bills. It affects more people and cuts across a wider demographic. It looks like the cheaper radio products from China are cutting into their profits and is partly to blame for all this. Plus a decline in popularity due to lowered brain activity among our populace. Lucky |
"Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... WTF is going on ??? First the R8b and now the R-75. Two of the most popular and written about table tops are going up the spout. The question used to be.... "Should I get a new R-75 or a used R8b ???" Soon, the question will be... "What used table top should I get ???" Is the NRD-545 next ??? I hope ICOM makes a replacement for the R-75. Michael "dxAce" wrote in message ... http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html Availability Note: Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned. Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this excellent radio. dxAce Michigan USA I see no reason why Icom would ax the R-75 unless they have something else to offer in the future. This is a top notch communications receiver and it's pretty cheap new. If it's totally true and the R-75 will actually be GONE soon, it's a tragedy for SWLers. The R-75 is the perfect DX'ing receiver for the money and fills a need for us. There is a big difference in taking a $1500 radio off the market compared to a rig costing under 5 bills. It affects more people and cuts across a wider demographic. It looks like the cheaper radio products from China are cutting into their profits and is partly to blame for all this. Plus a decline in popularity due to lowered brain activity among our populace. Lucky Indeed.... I cant fathom that Icom would get out of the marker all together. The amount and type of sw broadcasters will always change, but there will ALWAYS be a market for a capable and affordable sw table top. Michael |
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Lucky wrote:
It looks like the cheaper radio products from China are cutting into their profits and is partly to blame for all this. Plus a decline in popularity due to lowered brain activity among our populace. So, the decline of shortwave radio production is somehow tied in to Bush being re-elected? mike |
wrote in message ... It might be,them slant eyed chinks are undercutting them with those lower price chink radios. You've got a problem with that? You don't have a problem buying their "aluminum telescoping poles". And later you said something about me calling you a commie ******* if you bought one of their radios, but here in this post...well, anyone can see for themselves what you have to say, which seems to agree with my tongue in cheek comment. Make up your so-called mind, cuhulin. And of course, you're not a racist are you? Why don't you call one those people a slant eyed chink to their face, and see how they react? |
LC,
The new Liberal Left-Wing "PC" twist on things would be : |
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