Alan Dye wrote:
Hello All,

First Yaesu discontinued the FRG-100
Then Icom discontinued the IC-r75
Then Drake discontinued the R-8B

All within the last two years.

Two questions:

If a person wanted a decent tabletop in the $500-900 range and didn't
want the Grundig boom-box model what would he get?

Secondly, why are they all being discontinued?

Alan



Much of the discussion this week has been about R75. And that
discussion began over the observation that the announcement of R75's
discontinuation may have been premature. As was the announcement of
FRG-100's discontinuation a couple of years ago.

Either is a decent receiver. And both fall into your price field.


The exit of manufacturers from SW has to do with shrinking
customer base for SW hardware. SW is declining in use, people are
exiting the hobby for, among other things, satellite radio and
internet listening, so there are fewer sets being purchased.