Higheeer Prices on Icom Gear

[ne3r]

From the rumor mill, Icom is raising their prices on June 1.

LOL - if I could spell Higher - this would make more sense!

[N2RJ]

Weaker dollar, rising copper costs and rising oil costs we all saw this coming.

[ne3r]

All the signs have been around for a while. Yaesu raised the prices on some of their lower end stuff not to long ago.

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R

[G0GQK]

Of course prices are going to go hiya ! In the coming three years everything is going to increase in price, but if things increase by 5% in the US and the rest of the world, in Britain it will be 10%.

It has been decreed by every government since 1660, that " Ye pryces of goodes sold in ye Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland shall be above the pryce of all others, for the requirements of Ye State and the Good of its People. No man shall be permytted to gain from the paying of low pryces, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a goodly tyme.

G0GQK

[W4INF]

Everything is going to go up. Everything. Thats why I am stock piling textiles and other dry goods now. And I am glad I already have all the gear I need/want.

Andrew

[KA3JLW]

Of course prices are going to go hiya ! In the coming three years everything is going to increase in price, but if things increase by 5% in the US and the rest of the world, in Britain it will be 10%.

It has been decreed by every government since 1660, that " Ye pryces of goodes sold in ye Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland shall be above the pryce of all others, for the requirements of Ye State and the Good of its People. No man shall be permytted to gain from the paying of low pryces, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a goodly tyme.

G0GQK
Just go take some tea and throw it into a bay. Your goodly leaders will getteth the message. Worked for us. ;)

[AB8XA]

From the rumor mill, Icom is raising their prices on June 1...

Thanks, Joe. This post helped convince the XYL we should buy our IC-208H before June 1. Looking at today's price, you saved us $35!

[KC2ESD]

Yes its true, Icom raised there prices due to the rising price of fuel around the world. I bought my IC-208H in March for $249 and now its over $300. I bought my IC-91AD for $369 in May, now its $439 in June. I hope the Oil bubble bust soon and the price of oil crashes so we can get our products cheaper again.

Rick KC2ESD

[wy6k]

The dollar has gone down, everything made offshore will go up. No mystery there.

Get used to it. So what?

[NL7W]

Do the right thing. Buy American, if you can.

[kg4kww]

Well this will mean less sales of new ICOM gear.
This is not good news for HRO and AES I'm sure.

High fuel costs are really hitting the working stiff where it hurts.

Gas here in VA for reg in someplaces is already over $4.00 a gal and rising.

[K5UOS]

It is not an absolute fact but when prices for new gear go higher it often means the gear you have now will also be valued higher.

K5UOS

[W4HAY]

Nothing new here. You should have heard the whining back in the late 80s when the Yen was strong! :eek: When it tanked, things got cheap in a hurry.

[KC6ZLV]

It looks like ICOM selectively raised the price on the IC-7000 by about $200.

That is a considerable chunk of change there.

I was about to order one until I saw the price hike.

I guess I'll wait a while and see if it goes back down.

[2E0KBC]

In the U.K. the 7700 has just jumped from £4k to £4.5k.

[KC6ZLV]

In the U.K. the 7700 has just jumped from £4k to £4.5k.


Yes, I've been looking around the net. It appears to be a global price increase.

Yaesu did this to the FT-857D/897D about six months ago. The price went up about $100, and is now back down where it was.

I can understand them wanting to make up for the increasing costs of raw materials, but I think such a large price increase is out of line, and will certainly put a dent in sales.

[kb3laz]

It looks like ICOM selectively raised the price on the IC-7000 by about $200.

That is a considerable chunk of change there.

I was about to order one until I saw the price hike.

I guess I'll wait a while and see if it goes back down.

They are still 1200$ at gigaparts.

[KC6ZLV]

They are still 1200$ at gigaparts.

Look again. $1399.95

[kb3laz]

Look again. $1399.95
Huum they were 1200$ yesterday, that sux.

[K1CJS]

It all comes down to the one final fact--this country has been throwing money around like it was water. The Iraq war, tax rebates, incentive checks, tax cuts......... The list is long. WE have to expect that the value of the dollar will go down, because our leaders use money like toilet paper.

Thanks Dubya. Youe legacy is something we'll be years getting out of. You've singlehandedly done what two world wars and other skermishes have failed to do--you've brought this country to ruin. Impeachment is too good for you--you ought to be....... I won't say it--but I'm da*n well thinking it.

[N3FT]

According to HRO pricing. But I think thats market economics. EHam reviews of the rig are very good, sometimes even rated higher than a K3, but ever since some questionable performance numbers were published about the receiver, there has been less demand. Its not just me that says "questionable," as their architecture isn't much different than any other Japan rig,

Rob N3FT

[k4kyv]

It looks like the world is once again facing hard times with no end in sight, and Americans are now getting a dose of reality as fuel goes into short supply and the value of the dollar declines towards that of the paper it is printed on, something that can largely be attributed to our post WW2 binge of wastefulness.

The "golden years" of amateur radio occurred during the Great Depression. While it was a period of rapid advances in radio technology, the average amateur used very crude equipment compared to typical ham gear to-day. Most transmitters were homebuilt, and the usual receivers were simple one and two-tube regenerative sets. A more well-to-do minority could afford factory-built superheterodynes: Hammarlund Comet Pro's, National HRO's, Hallicrafters Super Skyriders, etc. But radio had a certain "magic" that attracted large numbers of boys and young men, even in an era when jobs were scarce and for many people it was a challenge to find food to put on the table, let alone something so luxurious as the parts to build a short wave radio to play with.

Look at the ads in a contemporary amateur radio magazine. It gives the impression that AR is limited to a hobby that uses very expensive gizmos and toys. Very few modern day hams attempt to home-build anything; it is currently being debated right here on QRZ.com whether or not there is any longer any justification to include technical questions in the AR examinations! A youngster who thinks he or she might be interested in AR takes a closer look and finds a group of largely cynical old men using multi-thousand dollar star-wars gadgets to talk about the weather, prescription meds and ailments, or to complain about other operators. No wonder the kids find the internet and computer technology more intriguing. Besides, you don't need a licence to operate a cell phone or to communicate world-wide via the web.

So... yesterday's $10,000 appliance just went up to $12,000. My heart bleeds!

[W4DFW]

The "golden years" of amateur radio occurred during the Great Depression. While it was a period of rapid advances in radio technology, the average amateur used very crude equi it was a challenge to find food to put on the table, let alone something so luxurious as the parts to build a short wave radio to play with.

I don't know about that, but I do know that some of the most fun I've ever had in nearly 40 years as a ham was trying to get the attention of stations a couple of KC's higher in frequency than my crystal controlled 50 watt Viking Adventurer that I used a straight key on.

Now I can set my computer to automatically tune the rig to that DX station I need and alert me via my cell phone to get home quick!!

In many ways, I miss that 'ol Viking!! :D

[KI4NGN]

It looks like the world is once again facing hard times with no end in sight, and Americans are now getting a dose of reality as fuel goes into short supply and the value of the dollar declines towards that of the paper it is printed on, something that can largely be attributed to our post WW2 binge of wastefulness.

The "golden years" of amateur radio occurred during the Great Depression. While it was a period of rapid advances in radio technology, the average amateur used very crude equipment compared to typical ham gear to-day. Most transmitters were homebuilt, and the usual receivers were simple one and two-tube regenerative sets. A more well-to-do minority could afford factory-built superheterodynes: Hammarlund Comet Pro's, National HRO's, Hallicrafters Super Skyriders, etc. But radio had a certain "magic" that attracted large numbers of boys and young men, even in an era when jobs were scarce and for many people it was a challenge to find food to put on the table, let alone something so luxurious as the parts to build a short wave radio to play with.

Look at the ads in a contemporary amateur radio magazine. It gives the impression that AR is limited to a hobby that uses very expensive gizmos and toys. Very few modern day hams attempt to home-build anything; it is currently being debated right here on QRZ.com whether or not there is any longer any justification to include technical questions in the AR examinations! A youngster who thinks he or she might be interested in AR takes a closer look and finds a group of largely cynical old men using multi-thousand dollar star-wars gadgets to talk about the weather, prescription meds and ailments, or to complain about other operators. No wonder the kids find the internet and computer technology more intriguing. Besides, you don't need a licence to operate a cell phone or to communicate world-wide via the web.

So... yesterday's $10,000 appliance just went up to $12,000. My heart bleeds!
Get on your cell phone and call CQ.

QSO's are no different now than they were 40 years ago. Young people talk about things that interest young people, older people talk about things that interest older people, and all talk about one common topic; their hobby.

New technology becomes old technology. Not everyone could afford cars when they were first introduced, so most people walked or rode horses. As cars evolved, more and more could afford them, but only a very few could afford a Cadillac. Owning any of them got you on a first name basis with your local mechanic unless you were mechanically inclined yourself.

I remember being a pre-teen kid as a passnger on a Boeing 707, being treated to a trip from NJ to CA by my aunt. The stewardess took me to the cockpit and the Captain said something about all those "clocks" in front of him. I was sort of insulted because though I was a kid, I wasn't ignorant about airplanes. :) Anyway, flying was a novelty.

Everything changes, and the world has grown much smaller.

Ham radio was a very interesting to the masses because shortwave radio was the only way to communicate with people around the world. Even with the advent of the international telephone, radio was still attractive because the telphone calls were expensive.

Now the only novelty about ham radio is the fact that it uses radio, and by default this means that it's going to be interesting to fewer people. That doesn't mean that it's dying, only that it's much more of a niche than ever.

Add to that all of the advances in technology and one can see that where we are now was inevitable.

There are certainly many other ways to communicate than ham radio, but a down-side (to me) for all of our technological advances is that they're becoming more and more infrastructure dependent, with attempts to make the infrastructures more reliable, and in the process, more complicated.

I wouldn't want to go back to those "golden years" in any area for any reason, but I am glad for our hobby keeping alive one of the simpler methods of communicating world-wide. It's hubris to believe that our complicated infrastructures can't fail. All it would take is a single (and possible) solar event to take out most if not all satellites, then it will be CQ CQ, can anyone tell me what's going on in the world? :)

Today's appliance will be the subject of someone's Golden Years discussion in the not too distant future. :)

Mike

[wb5ydk]

I'll know the prices of ICOM gear have gone too high when the Gigaparts "Name Your Price" Guy pops up from behind the counter wearing a mask with a pistol in his hand: http://www.gigaparts.com/store.php?action=profile&flash=1&sku=ZIC-756PROIII :D

[ve4mm]

Thank god that the ICOM prices did not increase like gasoline.

Michael Mark, BSc EE,. P.Eng.

[KU0DM]

Do the right thing. Buy American, if you can.

That's getting harder and harder to do with big business outsourcing jobs.

Not much is made in the U.S. of A. anymore.

The pointless fence being made along the Mexican border will soon be called The Great Wall Made in China

[KD6NIG]

If it was truely because of materials or shipping costs, I wonder why they didn't do this sooner.

Especially if it was transportation-fuel surcharges are based on daily rates usually and are charged appropriately. I mean maybe they just held out as long as they could, but everything else that travels with a fuel surcharge has had 'adjustments' already for quite a while.

Makes you wonder why they waited to do it till a specific date, you'd think they would have adjusted to market conditions much sooner.

[n9lya]

Key Phrase "If you can."

Same thing with WalMart you buy Wal Mart you put everyone else out of business...

Cheap gets bought... No one cares how well it is construted.. Buy a Warranty...


Hum Sounds like crap I knoiw.. but I did not build our economy...

73 jerry
Do the right thing. Buy American, if you can.

[kb3laz]

I'll know the prices of ICOM gear have gone too high when the Gigaparts "Name Your Price" Guy pops up from behind the counter wearing a mask with a pistol in his hand: http://www.gigaparts.com/store.php?action=profile&flash=1&sku=ZIC-756PROIII :D

If you put in the price that the rig actually costs it freezes up, lol.

[kb3laz]

Do the right thing. Buy American, if you can.

Id buy a tentec omni vll if I could afford it.
So in order to buy American they have to lower the price.;)
Oh about 2k would work for me.:p

[KI4NGN]

Laughing...what in the world does "buy American" mean anymore??

Is it who owns the company? Where the company is located? Who works for the company? Where they get their materials from?

Laughing...open up any "Made in U.S.A" rig and tell me where most of the components were manufactured!

Mike :)