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- From: fargher@unixg.ubc.ca (Robert Fargher)
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
- Subject: HF-250 Update
- Date: 7 Mar 93 02:26:04 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- Keywords: Lowe HF-250
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- The following is the text of a faxed press release from the Lowe people.
-
- At a time when we were enjoying great success with our HF-225 receiver, John
- Thorpe and I began to plan a long way ahead for its eventual replacement, and
- the model name we chose for that replacement was the HF-250. As time passed,
- we began to see another market opportunity for a lower cost receiver which we
- could introduce in addition to the HF-225 and so switched development effort
- into what became the HF-150. This of course left the HF-250 project on one
- side, and the further success of the HF-150 together with the seemingly never-
- ending appreciation of the HF-225 in the market kept us alll very busy trying
- to produce enough receivers to satisfy the demand.
-
- Now that we have the HF-150 and HF-225 well established, we have decided
- that the HF-250 project should be changed from being a replacement for the
- HF-225 to a totally different market area, and we therefore scrapped all the
- original work and began again on the HF-250 with the intention of attacking
- the market for receivers like the JRC NRD-535 and the Drake R-8. From what
- I have seen and heard so far, this new receiver will be both impressive and
- totally innovative, but of course the fact that we began again will mean that
- there will be a delay befor you will see it.
-
- So - those of you who are waiting for the HF-250 as a replacement for the
- HF-225 will be disappointed. We have no plans to finish the HF-225; in fact
- in its limited edition version, the "Europa", the HF-225 continues to win
- admirers (and awards) all over the world. Why should we kill a winner??
-
- Finally, John Thorpe prefers to refer to his new receiver as "Development
- Project N", so from now on the HF-250 will die, and Project-N will take its
- place until such time as we allocate its final model number. Keep watching -
- we are going to surprise a lot of people.
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- Current Production Range
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- HF-150 Dubbed the "portatop" by Larry Magne of "Passport to World Band
- Radio", and has more glowing reviews than any othe receiver in its
- field.
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- HF-225 Awarded "Receiver of the year" by "World Radio and TV Handbook" in
- 1990. Plain and simple in appearance, a joy to use; and performance
- better than the new FRG-100.
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- HF-225 A customized version of the HF-225 for the really dedicated DX
- Europa enthusiast. Awarded "Best DX Receiver" at the EDXC Conference in
- Tampere, Finland in 1992, beating the NRD-535 and ICOM R-72E.
-
- HF-235 Professional version of the HF-225 in rack mount form and with High
- stability and remote control options. Now in service with Government
- and major airline companies who want solid performance and
- uncompromising reliability - at an affordable price.
-
- Project Top of the range, and intended to beat all competition at the top of
- N market. (But you will have to wait.)
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- _____________________________________________________________________________
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- Hearsay has it that they hope to have a demo version of Project N on
- display in the August CES.
- Cheers,
- Rob
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- Robert Fargher fargher@unixg.ubc.ca | The number of things that I know
- Dept. of Physiology, UBC | absolutely nothing about is increasing
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