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Old 13-02-2023, 10:14   #286
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Re: I'll acknowledge the elephant in the room...Full keel is dead... ssb is dead...

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Just one note, as an Icom reseller myself. I was informed by Icom that they sold more SSB's last year than the prior 3 years combined and they are backordered for months on the M803 due to demand.. So I would not say SSB is dead quite yet.

Ah then perhaps Internet Forums as a good source of information are dead?
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Re: I'll acknowledge the elephant in the room...Full keel is dead... ssb is dead...

I would say that forums as a source of info vary considerably in their accuracy. Telling the difference is the hard part.
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Re: I'll acknowledge the elephant in the room...Full keel is dead... ssb is dead...

Thank you for bringing this dead thread back to life!

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