I agree..but you didn't have to yell....
Cecil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney" <w3krq@dejazzd.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility
> Yes, AT TEN TEC YOU CAN GET A RADIO FOR 30 DAYS TO CHECK OUT, TRY THIS
> WITH
> OTHER RADIO OUTLET'S WHAT IS THE GOOD AT LOOKING AT THEM ON A TABLE.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hyder -N4NT-
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:07 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility
>
> One way the name Ten-Tec gets spread around is by positive word-of-mouth
> from fans of the brand and the products.
>
> 73, Mike N4NT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Douglas" <sparks06524@yahoo.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 15:46
> 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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