ICOM radios are made and assembled in Japan, I have been to the
factory myself.
--- In ic7000@..., Adam Farson <farson@s...> wrote:
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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