Why are so many sw receivers being discontinued?
 

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

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.

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

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.

Alan Dye ) writes:
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


You're probably asking the wrong question.

THose receivers have been around for some time. One thing that came
up with the R8 was that getting parts for it had become problematic, or
was about to be so. If they can't get the parts, they can't make the radio.

So it's not that those receivers have been discontinued. Your question
would be better phrased "why don't these manufacturers make replacements
for the discontinued receivers".

Michael

"Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
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

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

Amen to that!




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

Lucky

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.