I think Ham radios from everyone follow more of the Elecraft business model. The IC718 was introduced in 2000 or earlier and it is still sold.
I think the 7300 is wildly successful (not trying to start a flamewar, but it is the best selling rig at many dealers) and they likely have economies of scale, parts get cheaper as you buy more, and they push the price down after the early adopters have bought, to better compete and drive out the competition. The Elecraft radios do serve somewhat of a different market, but you can't ignore that Direct Conversion SDR radios are up and coming. 73, Mark W7MLG On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Josh <j...@voodoolab.com> wrote: > Considering most products are available for more than a few months, they > must all have HUGE warehouses... > > 73 > Josh W6XU > > Sent from my mobile device > > > On Nov 29, 2017, at 10:57 AM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT > <kx...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > > > > Most Japanese companies design a product (radio, computer, whatever) and > do one production run. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to marklgoldb...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
