$1699.00
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/3991.html
Heck of a price for the FT-897 replacement. Hope its worth it
$1699.00
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/3991.html
Heck of a price for the FT-897 replacement. Hope its worth it
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Especially seeing as a fully-decked out 897 was around that much. Although, this one does have an internal tuner that's not an option. No internal battery option though.Originally Posted by AF5TY
The ft-1200 is a more advanced radio but cheaper than the 991. How is that? I think that price is way overstated for what it is
I wonder how many of those they're going to sell at that price. The IC-7100 is $400 less and it includes D-Star. True, no ATU, but you can buy an LDG unit for less than $200.
Last edited by NQ6U; 11-14-2014 at 10:36 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.
Touchscreens, boo, hiss.
Jim
The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
It's an odd price point, for sure. It's expensive enough to price out the people who might dabble in VHF/UHF all mode, and the hardcore rovers would use transverters anyway. No satellite capability, so it doesn't take over the TS-2000's niche.
Icom sold roughly a bazillion 706MKIIGs, and yet there's no current radio out there that's a direct replacement for what it did. Did the ham world change that much since 2000?
Jim
The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Still have the FT 100 here, so I'm covered.
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop
telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
bah, another UGLY radio..
I AM THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!
If I was going to spend that much $$, I'd get the KW TS590. But then, as has been pointed out to me, that much moola will go a long way towards remodeling the bathroom.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
Times like that, I'm glad I'm single.
Jim
The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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