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Alan Dye wrote: Hello All, First Yaesu discontinued the FRG-100 Then Icom discontinued the IC-r75 Then Drake discontinued the R-8B All within the last two years. Two questions: If a person wanted a decent tabletop in the $500-900 range and didn't want the Grundig boom-box model what would he get? Well, given the limited number of new radios being offered I would look for a good used receiver from Kenwood, Yaesu or Icom. Secondly, why are they all being discontinued? Manufacturers of shortwave radios are dropping out of the market for one reason: Far fewer people are buying shortwave radios than were 15 or more years ago. Casual listeners and hobbyists are dropping out of the hobby because there are many other ways to get information about the world that are far more stable: Cable TV, satellite TV, internet news, CNN, internet radio "broadcasts", etc. International broadcasters are moving from the shortwave spectrum to internet and satellite broadcasts because they can reach a wider audience and reduce costs. |
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