Yes and there were comments on the reflector from the Tentec staff regarding
the successful and ease of connectivity between the new Tentec amp and the
FLEX 1500. Many have picked up on that point and are aggressively looking
at the amp to use with other products. In the computer world I think the
term is "system integration".
73
"old codger", Bob, K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Bryant" <W4NZ@comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility
> Ten-Tec reps were out in force at the recent Huntsville(AL)
> Hamfest/Southeast Division Conference.
>
> As for K3's and dxpeditions, it's 8lbs vs "a lot heavier" for the same
> performance, no mystery there.
>
> Ted W4NZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Douglas
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 3:46 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility
>
>
>
> 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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