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What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by KG4YJR on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
$10,000 for a rig?!? Hams are cheap?!? These pricey rigs from what I hear have been selling and selling well with people on waiting lists. This should put the typical "hams are cheap" stereotype comments to rest. BTW - Does anybody know how to calculate $10,000 in todays dollars vs. what a $10,000 rig will cost in 20 years if the trend of the newer rigs keep doing the opposite of computers and plasma high-def. TVs? Prices for ham equipment getting higher instead of like the other technologies that are getting lower. Also,I can't wait to see if in the hamfest forums and threads like this 10 years from now if you'll see the same type of complaints like: "I was at Shelby and all I saw was a bunch of dirty 10 year old 7800's stacked up for $9,995!" 73 Dave

RE: What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by K2WH on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
I have the 756pro and rarely use it. Over the years I have found that a good old Hallicrafters or Collins tube rig will perform almost as well as the current crop of Solid State rigs. DSP? My personal experiences indicate its not all it supposed to be. Claims like "Pulls out the weak ones" is pure fiction. DSP just quiets the internal noise generated by the radio. Lets face it, when you buy a rig, you are buying a receiver. Transmitters are transmitters. Receivers; now thats where performance counts. K2WH

What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by KG4OOA on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
Hi Mike, The few who would pay that kind of money would want all the whistles and bells you mentioned and a lot more. You have to remember what HAM means, "Haven't Any Money". I like your thinking but if I had ten grand to blow, it would NOT be on a radio. Hell, I'd use it for something important like chasing women, fast mobile shacks (with or withpout a rig) or a trip to some of those exotic places. HiHi 73, Bob

What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by K3BU on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
There is real "Dream Radio One" in the works by Computeradio.us that promises to obsolete all of the above, in modular, user programmable station for a lot less money and lbs. Check http://www.computeradio.us/ for progress. Soon there will be reflector available for discussions about features, after the detailed information about the system architecture, features and specs are revealed. Stand by for more. Yuri, K3BU.us

RE: What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by N8EMR on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
WHat I want in a $10000 is a $9200 rebate coupon

What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by N9DG on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
1. Ethernet connectivity (100Mb minimum). 2. Up to simultaneous 6 dual RX + sweep RF I/O boxes all driven from a single user interface (low power OK since I already have good transverters). 3. Support for 3-4 17inch plus monitors. 4. Point and click tuning and a graphic user interface with a waterfall centric design theme, provide one waterfall for each of the 6 RF I/O modules. 5. Tight "in the radio" computer logging integration. 6. An Ethernet based "traditional" knobs and buttons control panel with audio/mic/key I/O for when I feel nostalgic, or want to operate in the next room (CAT5), or by the pool (via WiFi), or 100's of miles away (via VPN WAN). 7. Some genuine imagination for a change, the current crop of $10K+ radios are sure lacking it.

RE: What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by AC0H on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
Anybody who spends $10K on one radio needs some serious counseling concerning inadequacy issues. Some people have more money than sense. There is absolutely no functional difference between an Icom 7800 and an TenTec Orion. The Orion is actually better in a lot of reciever performance catagories. If you get the same performance for 1/3 the price why pay the difference? The only reason I can think of is the proverbial pissing contest. Ridiculous!

What Do You Want in a $10,000 Radio?	Reply
by WA2JJH on September 11, 2004	Mail this to a friend!
LET ME CHANGE THE TITLE TO INCLUDE MORE HAMS. Would would your DREAM radio for under $5000 should have. Yes, I have to agree with many posters that 7-10K for a ham radio is too much! My second choice would be a hybrid of the TEN-TEC ORIEN and a Yeasu FT-100D with all roofing and 2nd IF filters. Cut the final power down to a clean class A 100W on the DSP side. The analogue TX would be 125W AB final. One can save more money by opting to have the analogue TX be under 25 watts output HF/VHF/UHF. To keep cost low, the VHF and UHF would be just like the FT-100D or FT-857. I still want the famous twin PBT the TS-850 has. The low cost variant will have a built in ATU. It will be much smaller and lighter than the ICOM-7800. Cost $3000-4000 max! Money is saved by having all the fancy scopes displayed via blue tooth or IR link to your laptop. That is what I think would be an ideal all in one top of the line radio. What do you think? Would it not be nice if the rig makers, made radio's with features we have wanted from the get-go! 73 WA2JJH MIKE

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