Jim, you are sooo.. right. You had better be sure you are ready to sell and
want to sell as in under 2 hours you will have to make that call on here.
Roger w4iv-------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Jim Lowman <jmlowman@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:10:36 -0800
>While I agree that is probably the case, when we were involved in
>hosting a couple of ARRL
>conventions, it was pretty much a given that the Big Three and Ham Radio
>Outlet would rent
>booth space; normally two or three spaces. Why? Because they would be
>conspicuous by
>their absence. It was a much harder sell to get the smaller vendors,
>who wisely questioned
>the return on investment.
>
>I'm surprised that ARRL has any luck selling classified ad space in QST
>these days, given the
>myriad ways of buying/selling/trading gear on the Internet. I'm sure
>you've noticed how
>quickly things sell when advertised on this list.
>
>73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
>Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
>
>>I think all of the major ham rig manufacturers could halt all magazine
>>advertising TODAY and nothing would miss a beat. They are so well
>>established, well known, and so many hams have internet access they could
>>get by with just their websites. I expect within the next 10 to 20 years
>>QST will go entirely on-line. No vendor or manufacturer really needs those
>>full-page ads. Most of the product information hams get is off the internet
>>now. For me, the ads at the front and back of QST make up a sort of
>>monthly "catalog" to flip through, but not use for real information
>>gathering. The only good purpose they serve is to notify me of a new
>>vendor or product I didn't know about before and because of that, the
>>businesses that really need QST are the little guys who are starting up and
>>buy the single column inch display ads to use as a sort of "we exist--here's
>>our web address" type of heads-up. BTW, does anyone look at the Ham-ad
>>classifieds still?
>>
>>
>>
><snip>
>
>>rob / k5uj
>>
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