Article: 18757 of rec.radio.shortwave Path: news.cs.tut.fi!butler.cc.tut.fi!fuug!mcsun!uunet!caen!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!fargher 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 Lines: 64 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca Keywords: Lowe HF-250 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. Current Production Range 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. 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. 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.) _____________________________________________________________________________ Hearsay has it that they hope to have a demo version of Project N on display in the August CES. Cheers, Rob -- Robert Fargher fargher@unixg.ubc.ca | The number of things that I know Dept. of Physiology, UBC | absolutely nothing about is increasing Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z3 | at an alarming rate! Copied from the QRZ! Windows Ham Radio CDROM