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no matter how hard i try, 'humble' is not in my vocabulary ;-). neither is 'not adding my own 2 cents'.
but as elvis said........thank you very much.....

it's too bad rf limited sold the rights to the ar3500 (even sadder that no one else revived it). that radio was ahead of its time. heck, there isn't anything ahead of it today. it's a shame there aren't more in use. it cost $600 in 1988. look what that kind of cash brings you in an export radio today......a chrome plated, echo chambered, 200 nasty watted, slip sliding, over-glorified rci 6900, which itself was nothing more then an over-glorified 148-gtldx. i'd gladly slap six bills on the table for a brand spanking new fully loaded ar3500. a little cleanup around the ACR edges & you have one mean, nasty radio. that actually sounds good. magnum spoke a lot of hype in the late 90's when they bragged of the ar3500 replacement radio. the 357, and later the lower powered 257 just didn't live up to the hype. and once they realized a new radio wouldn't be a money maker, they jumped on the rci bandwagon, stole one of their radios, tweaked some pieces and called their own brand new radio. that plan only got them slightly farther then it got stryker. while i'm intrigued by the thought of an omega HP, even a 257 HP, and what dd18 has told us is available or in design on the other side of the world, that brand new ar3500 just makes me wanna.......sorry.

<blockquote data-quote="davegrantsr" data-source="post: 250049" data-attributes="member: 921">no matter how hard i try, &#039;humble&#039; is not in my vocabulary ;-).&nbsp; &nbsp; neither is &#039;not adding my own 2 cents&#039;.&nbsp; but as elvis said........thank you very much.....it&#039;s too bad rf limited sold the rights to the ar3500 (even sadder that no one else revived it).&nbsp; that radio was ahead of its time.&nbsp; heck, there isn&#039;t anything ahead of it today.&nbsp; it&#039;s a shame there aren&#039;t more in use.&nbsp; it cost $600 in 1988.&nbsp; look what that kind of cash brings you in an export radio today......a chrome plated, echo chambered, 200 nasty watted, slip sliding, over-glorified rci 6900, which itself was nothing more then an over-glorified 148-gtldx.&nbsp; i&#039;d gladly slap six bills on the table for a brand spanking new fully loaded ar3500.&nbsp; a little cleanup around the ACR edges &amp; you have one mean, nasty radio.&nbsp; that actually sounds good.&nbsp; magnum spoke a lot of hype in the late 90&#039;s when they bragged of the ar3500 replacement radio.&nbsp; the 357, and later the lower powered 257 just didn&#039;t live up to the hype.&nbsp; and once they realized a new radio wouldn&#039;t be a money maker, they jumped on the rci bandwagon, stole one of their radios, tweaked some pieces and called their own brand new radio.&nbsp; that plan only got them slightly farther then it got stryker.&nbsp; while i&#039;m intrigued by the thought of an omega HP, even a 257 HP, and what dd18 has told us is available or in design on the other side of the world, that brand new ar3500 just makes me wanna.......sorry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="davegrantsr, post: 250049, member: 921"] no matter how hard i try, 'humble' is not in my vocabulary ;-). neither is 'not adding my own 2 cents'. but as elvis said........thank you very much..... it's too bad rf limited sold the rights to the ar3500 (even sadder that no one else revived it). that radio was ahead of its time. heck, there isn't anything ahead of it today. it's a shame there aren't more in use. it cost $600 in 1988. look what that kind of cash brings you in an export radio today......a chrome plated, echo chambered, 200 nasty watted, slip sliding, over-glorified rci 6900, which itself was nothing more then an over-glorified 148-gtldx. i'd gladly slap six bills on the table for a brand spanking new fully loaded ar3500. a little cleanup around the ACR edges & you have one mean, nasty radio. that actually sounds good. magnum spoke a lot of hype in the late 90's when they bragged of the ar3500 replacement radio. the 357, and later the lower powered 257 just didn't live up to the hype. and once they realized a new radio wouldn't be a money maker, they jumped on the rci bandwagon, stole one of their radios, tweaked some pieces and called their own brand new radio. that plan only got them slightly farther then it got stryker. while i'm intrigued by the thought of an omega HP, even a 257 HP, and what dd18 has told us is available or in design on the other side of the world, that brand new ar3500 just makes me wanna.......sorry. [/QUOTE]

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