Personally, I'd prefer service NOT be included in overhead. I don't want to
pay more for something in order to subsidize those who desire or require
service that I do not. Give me a 90 day(sufficient to catch infant
mortality) warranty, accurate documentation, and charge me what it takes to
provide good service if/when I need it. Offering a discounted extended
warranty for a price and offering a block of telephone support time, for a
price and letting the customer decide should make everyone happy.
A revised Omni, Eagle, or Argonaut has got some pretty stiff competition
already. The Icom IC7300 and the Elad FDM-Duo at $1500 and $1150 are both
very attractive. LNR has a portable that, IMHO, is every bit as good as the
KX3 and it's $575. With this sort of competition, taking a different
approach to service could become a serious competitive edge for the new TT.
Radio wise, I've been working on the antenna farm in between nursing work
and moving my motorbike/radio parts collection to a new, dry, building. As
part of the move, I've unearthed three butternut verticals. One is the
HF5-VIII. It's pretty cool in that it has linear(nested tubes) capacitors
instead of the door knobs common to the other butternut verticals. Another
is a HF2-V 40-80. I also have what appear to be 160m coils. A third is a
plain old HF5V with the two doorknob caps. If anyone near Atlanta is
interested in either of the HF5 plus the HF2, I'd like to keep one and sell
two. Send me some direct email. I'm thinking $320 for the pair but will
take trade/swap any day.
73, -Bob ah7i/w4
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