"Peter Maus" wrote in message
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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?

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.

Hi Peter

Our society has become so dumbed down by terrible public schools and mass
migration of 5th grade educated aliens. So, they don't have the capacity nor
the comprehension to be even remotely interested in SW.

I know you don't have to be the most intelligent to operate a receiver, but
to know about it and be interested in it you must have some decent education
and culture.

We live in a hip hop, lip syncing, shallow society now. Culture is all but
gone.

Lucky