At to pricing and fitting the radios to a standard configuration, this makes
for larger production quantities and larger production quantities make for
lower manufacturing costs. And lower costs are typically passed to the
customer at lower reflected prices. Plus there is no need for special
configuration at the factory to be completed.
Like Henry Ford said about his cars; "I don't care what color you want as
long as it is black".
73
Bob K4TAX
----- Original Message -----
From: "K8JHR" <jrichards@k8jhr.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Mega Sale Pricing
Yes, good point, Jim. The Elecraft stuff offers more integrated with the
rest of the E brand range, than when paired individually with other gear.
I got to play with a friend's full K-line station, and the degree of
integration is, itself, a noteworthy feature. It must be a major factor
motivating K3 owners to buy the KPA500 over, say, a less expensive, even
higher power, but not integrated, MFJ solid state amp.
Oddly, I don't get the feeling Yaesu or Icom owners buy Y or I brand
amplifiers to match their Y or I brand transceivers as loyally as the E
brand guys buy the E brand amp and tuner. Part of that it could be
price, but I suspect the there is more to it than price because many
operators add an Alpha or other brand amp, rather than an I or Y brand
amp, for the same or even more money. I see a lot of Y and I radios, but
more often with other brand amps, whereas the E guys buy the E brand amp
much of the time.
------------------------------JHR ------------------
On 7/9/2014 6:36 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 7/9/2014 1:08 PM, K8JHR wrote:
I think I would add the Telepost LP-Pan instead of the P3.
I agree. The P3 integrates very nicely with the K3 (and I love mine),
but many features are not available when used with other rigs, and
Larry's software is quite nice.
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