Hi Paul,
Considering that all the Japanese manufacturers are now outsourcing PCB fab,
die-cast chassis injection moulding and other subassembly manufacture to
lower-labour-cost areas in Asia, Icom should be able to hold the price down
to the $1K level.
Your comments about DSP vs. analogue/crystal-filter architecture are
absolutely correct. Economics, as well as performance and capability, are
driving the shift to 100% DSP implementations.
"In technology, there are only two degrees of freedom: forward and down.
There is no backwards."
Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
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