[amsat-bb] Re: New satellite rigs?

[Sebastian]

Simon please buy a used IC-910H, that way you can fix the Satellite  
Module!

I'm sure you can re-sell it for about the same you pay, maybe more.

I personally doubt that Icom will replace the 910H any time soon.   
That rig, given it's price tag and being only for 2m/440/1.2, must not  
sell very well.  I would think Icom should be working on an enhanced  
IC-718, which is an excellent HF rig at an extremely attractive price  
range.  If they added a few things to a similar rig, at a similar  
price I'm sure it would sell very well.

I'm 50 myself, and my kids better not be counting on much when I go (I  
plan to enjoy myself as much as possible), but I personally can't see  
myself spending $10,000 on some of the rigs out there.  I think we  
need more inexpensive rigs so that the few new young hams can get into  
the hobby.  Without young blood, we are doomed.

73 de W4AS
Sebastian

On Aug 7, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Simon (HB9DRV) wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "STeve Andre'" <andres at msu.edu>
>>
>> I'd like to think that Icom will come out with other radios, but  
>> given
>> the current economy, will they do that, I wonder.
>>
>
> Look at the price of the IC-7600 - and that's selling well, as is the
> IC-7700.
>
> There's plenty of money for radios - so many Hams are over 50,  
> children have
> fled the next, so these Hams are spending their childrens'  
> inheritance. I
> would like a good UHF-SHF radio, don't want to buy the IC-910H as I  
> am sure
> it'll be replaced the day after I buy it.
>
> For now I use the TS-2000...
>
> Simon Brown, HB9DRV
> www.ham-radio-deluxe.com