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?

Secondly, why are they all being discontinued?

Alan



Much of the discussion this week has been about R75. And that
discussion began over the observation that the announcement of R75's
discontinuation may have been premature. As was the announcement of
FRG-100's discontinuation a couple of years ago.

Either is a decent receiver. And both fall into your price field.


The exit of manufacturers from SW has to do with shrinking
customer base for SW hardware. SW is declining in use, people are
exiting the hobby for, among other things, satellite radio and
internet listening, so there are fewer sets being purchased.

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 04:22:11 GMT, Peter Maus
wrote:


The exit of manufacturers from SW has to do with shrinking
customer base for SW hardware. SW is declining in use, people are
exiting the hobby for, among other things, satellite radio and
internet listening, so there are fewer sets being purchased.
It ain't just SWBC that's declining. A lot of MilComs are now via
satellite. Triple One Upper ain't what she used to be.

David wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 04:22:11 GMT, Peter Maus
wrote:


The exit of manufacturers from SW has to do with shrinking
customer base for SW hardware. SW is declining in use, people are
exiting the hobby for, among other things, satellite radio and
internet listening, so there are fewer sets being purchased.
It ain't just SWBC that's declining. A lot of MilComs are now via
satellite. Triple One Upper ain't what she used to be.

That's weird because I heard lots of traffic on 11175.

Steve

David wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 04:22:11 GMT, Peter Maus
wrote:


The exit of manufacturers from SW has to do with shrinking
customer base for SW hardware. SW is declining in use, people are
exiting the hobby for, among other things, satellite radio and
internet listening, so there are fewer sets being purchased.
It ain't just SWBC that's declining. A lot of MilComs are now via
satellite. Triple One Upper ain't what she used to be.

That's weird because I heard lots of traffic on 11175.

Steve

On 16 Jul 2005 10:22:07 -0700, wrote:



David wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 04:22:11 GMT, Peter Maus
wrote:


The exit of manufacturers from SW has to do with shrinking
customer base for SW hardware. SW is declining in use, people are
exiting the hobby for, among other things, satellite radio and
internet listening, so there are fewer sets being purchased.
It ain't just SWBC that's declining. A lot of MilComs are now via
satellite. Triple One Upper ain't what she used to be.

That's weird because I heard lots of traffic on 11175.

Steve

Not like you used to.

Actually, more than I used to, and by quite a margin.

Steve

On 16 Jul 2005 14:05:20 -0700, wrote:

Actually, more than I used to, and by quite a margin.

Steve

15 years ago it was EAMs constantly, several REACH missions
simultaneously, AF1 and 2, Generals ordering limos and T-times,
personal HF phone patches, etc.

A lot of that stuff is digital via Iridium or other satellites nows a
daze.

David wrote:

On 16 Jul 2005 14:05:20 -0700, wrote:

Actually, more than I used to, and by quite a margin.

Steve

15 years ago it was EAMs constantly, several REACH missions
simultaneously, AF1 and 2, Generals ordering limos and T-times,
personal HF phone patches, etc.

A lot of that stuff is digital via Iridium or other satellites nows a
daze.

Seems as though you're not listening enough!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

15 years ago it was EAMs constantly, several REACH missions
simultaneously, AF1 and 2, Generals ordering limos and T-times,
personal HF phone patches, etc.


I think people just have a tendency to romanticize the past.

Steve

I don't own an R75,so I don't know.Maybe someday,I will find one at the
Goodwill store or the Salvation Army store or the Rescue Mission store
or maybe old man Charlie Mckituen -- (spelling) might have one for
sale real cheap..
cuhulin