The attendance was good and the forums interesting. Having half the
exhibit hall empty and about the same for Flea Market doesn't bode well
however.
John / WA1JG
On 8/27/2012 3:46 PM, Douglas wrote:
> I just got back from the New England ARRL convention at Boxboro, Mass.
>
> Ten-Tec was conspicuously absent. With no dealers selling their products,
> minimal QST advertising and little attendance at larger Hamfests, how does
> Ten-Tec expect to continue to be a factor in the Amateur Equipment
> marketplace?
>
> Their QST ads have shrunk from being a full page ad near the beginning of the
> magazine to a quarter page ad (at best) buried near the end of the magazine.
>
> Meanwhile, Elecraft and Flex Radio were conducting forums and had large
> displays. An Elecraft KX3 and a Flexradio 1500 were among the prizes given
> away. Of course, the factory displays from YaeComWood were large and
> conspicuous.
>
> The DX dinner and the DXpedition presentation increased a lot of talk about
> the Elecraft K3's used in the expedition. If their was talk at all about
> Ten-Tec and its products it was in the past tense with words like "Elecraft
> is eating them for lunch".
>
> Even if Ten-Tec is hurting financially (I don't know that as a fact but
> wonder why they have cut back their advertising), they had better up their
> marketing and visibility or they won't be long for the Amateur Radio
> marketplace.
>
> By the way, this convention had its best year in over a decade with an
> attendance that exceeded 2,000. With the number of ham license holders near
> an all time high of over 700,000, the rumors of the death of our hobby are
> greatly exaggerated.
>
> 73,
>
> Doug/WA1TUT
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