Still I reckon that the UK price of the ICOM IC7300 is too high.
With a simple SDR architecture I believe the price should be some way below £1000, but the dealers will keep prices high if buyers are prepared to buy at the high price. What I am saying is the price is what it is because some in our community want this rig and are prepared to pay. I like the IC7300 at a fair price.
Dealers are not greedy, just following the rules of the marketing jungle. It is only because some are prepared to buy at a high price that the dealers charge this price. All dealers will plead poverty and say their hands are tied by the Dollar prices and exchange rates.
Charge a fair price (dealers make a fair and reasonable profit) and the IC7300 will continue to sell well. At some point this year there will be an ICOM-Yaesu price war between the IC7300 and the FT991 . ICOM is better placed to win. In the meantime, I shall wait and I hope others will do too.
See http://www.hamradio.co.uk/amateur-radio-main-equipment-pc-302.php.
As I have said many times, the IC7300 is a nice radio at the right price.
The reviews of the IC7300 should make interesting reading.
See http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/12742 .
I wonder if the chinese will come with a simple SDR transceiver like the Icom and sell it half the price! That would be a big war! I'll patiently wait till more reviews will be available and the price will decrease. 73, Bas
ReplyDeleteToo bad that wee can not connect the radio directly to a lcd monitor.
ReplyDeleteI has! Check out the HF One MkII 10W rig. This looks like a cut-down mobile HF rig but it is SDR-based, and can run just like a Flex radio. It can also run stand-alone like a mobile (which the Flex cannot). Looks very solidly built too!
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Let the buyer beware. Or should it be aware? Hold steady, never buy the first batch of consumer goods. Wait 30 weeks and pay 30% less.
ReplyDeleteRemember the price of colour TV when they arrived on scene.
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