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What do you want for $10,000 in a radio	Reply
by OLDFART13 on August 29, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
I wouldn't spend $10,000 on a rig. I would and have spent that much on a tower and antenna system.

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by AB5XZ on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
All that other stuff is nice, but I want knobs for tuning and volume control. 73Tom

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by KB9YUR on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
Forget about spending that much money! How about a simple HT that has 6, 2 & 70cm and does SSB under $300 !?! I agree with the other posting that it's better to spend more money on the antenna setup then the radio.

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by WIRELESS on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
I would like a $2000 price for a $10,000 radio.

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by KG9IO on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
It would have to come with an attorney because my wife would be divorcing my sorry ass if I spent $10,000 on a radio.

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by N2WEC on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
First off make it user friendly. Not another useless computer driven thing with 18 menus. Knobs for all functions. Price it to sell. Many Amateurs cannot go out and plunk down $10,000 on a radio. Send a reasonable/useable desk mic along with the hand mic. Have it be at least 100 watts out and be all mode. Have an HF + 6 model and a V/UHF model to include 6/2/222 and 432. Make it similar to the FT-736R with better recieve.

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by W3LOW on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
You would be crazy to spend $10000 on an HF ham radio, when essentially a rig under $500 will sound just as good on the band and have enough knobs to turn and buttons to poke at. Personally, have received more enjoyment form a lower priced radio than these high priced boat anchors. More fun for me to work a rare DX station with a modest set-up. The radio manufacturers' are laughing all the way to the bank. Of course, without propagation, the most expensive gear will be useless anyway. Guess you can drive a corvette or a truck, but the point is, it will get you there from point A to point B. Would rather invest into a high gain antenna system. But, if you have money to waste, it's a free country. 73, W3LOW

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by NI0C on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
Mike, Nice article speculating about a new dream rig. I share your respect for the features already included in the TS-850S. In fact it's hard to imagine $9000.00 worth of features and improvements to the 850. If I had $10K to spend on new radios, I'd get a Ten-Tec Orion and a FT-1000D and fill both of them with all optional filters. After doing that, if I shopped wisely in the first place, I might even have some change left over for an amplifier! 73 de Chuck NI0C

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by NI0C on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
OldFart13: Your point concerning spending money on antennas and towers is well taken. However, many of us would need to come up with a half million or more to purchase real estate where we would have room for $10K worth of antennas. 73 de Chuck NI0C

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by VE3WGO on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
I would also like to add high performance for the 50 MHz through 1300 MHz bands, with satellite duplex capability and transverter interfaces too. As far as appearance goes, one of my favourite form factors is the modern Tek oscilloscope series. They are portable, have a nice control system design based on knobs as well as menus, and great asthetics. For instance, see http://www.tek.com/Measurement/cgi-bin/framed.pl?Document=/Measurement/scopes/comparison.html&FrameSet=oscilloscopes

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