How abut that Icom pull-out in the current QST? Talk about ham porn. I tallied up the total MSRP of the radios shown and it came out to $31,000; roughly half of that number was the price of the IC-7800 alone.
Is there anyone here on the Island who would pay that much for a radio even if they could? Not me.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Not me. I find my IC-775DSP quite capable. I would love to spend $31,000 on towers and antennas, however!
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If I were gonna spend bonzo bucks on a station, I'd probably go Yaesu, Ten-Tec and Software Defined Radio. But 5 figures seems to be a lot for a radio.
Better used for a Log Periodic or Yagi on a tower IMHO. There are the QRO guys, then there are the QRP guys. Oddly, the low powered guys seem to do as well as the big guns.
Hmmm... I think when I win the lottery, I'll go dumpster diving for boat anchors to drag back to my mansion...
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Same here--it's the metal that you put in the air that really makes the difference, not the radio.Originally Posted by ad4mg
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
For that kind of coin I would build a station from the ground up including the room. 30'x30' with indoor plumbing and climate control.
I've enjoyed island life for 17 years. That's 13 years more than the Confederacy was around.
RIP Albi
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It's a jungle out there. Many EQ stupidly with poor articulation.
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The funny thing is, when you shove away the marketing hype and the expensive bells and whistles that sound great and look great but don't actually improve anything... these radios in and of themselves are rarely worth significantly more than the former top-of-the-line rig they replaced.
A few years back, a friend of mine went through the gauntlet of the FT-1000 series rigs. Now there were some serious (to him) problems that were slowly corrected... but in terms of basic performance, I never saw a significant difference between them when I operated his station.
I would wager that if you could stage an apples-to-apples comparison, a "mediocre" or older radio on a top notch antenna system would beat out a "world class contest" radio on average antennas.
So why does ICOM push the big (expensive) rigs? Look at who, for the most part, is buying and using them. The so-called elite class of hams... the ones with the money to spend. It's more bragging rights.
...yes, equipment does wear out and needs replaced. Even the best radios need maintenance and won't last forever. But how often to these guys hold onto the same equipment for more than a few years anyway?
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900 square feet? Really? Damn, my entire house is only 1200 square feet! Not that I wouldn't like a little more room than I have now (about 25 square feet) but I don't know what I'd do with a shack that large.
Last edited by NQ6U; 08-21-2010 at 05:40 AM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Sleep in it for one thing.
I've enjoyed island life for 17 years. That's 13 years more than the Confederacy was around.
RIP Albi
When do you tell a woman you're a ham?
It's a jungle out there. Many EQ stupidly with poor articulation.
~TKX
YIAH
"And, of course, the Gym Teacher being his usual self."
W3WN
"The enablers ride on the top of the pile."
WZ7U
I've got 3,000 square feet and that doesn't include the basement. :D
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