Very good observation of the Makers Al, and your insight about TT is a very
viable option for them to pursue.
Eric
W9WLW
On May 23, 2014 12:29:28 PM EDT, Al Gulseth <wb5jnc@centurytel.net> wrote:
|This is where TT may be on the right track with the Rebel/Patriot
|concept (and
|why these seem to be appealing to the "Maker Faire" crowd.) My
|experience has
|been that if you try to talk to a young technically-oriented person
|about
|being able to communicate with someone on the other side of the country
|or
|the other side of the world via radio their eyes glaze over. But bring
|up the
|idea of doing that with a radio that they built (or built an interface
|for or
|wrote code for) and watch the light bulbs go on.
|
|I think that was a lot of the appeal of Heathkit et al - not that their
|
|products were always cheaper and/or technically superior but that there
|was a
|sense of accomplishment in being able to successfully build a piece of
|equipment. This can be seen in the flourishing current QRP kit "cottage
|
|industries." I hope that TT is at least considering keeping its T-Kit
|division alive as well as offering less expensive rigs. If TT can build
|a
|customer base among the "Maker Faire" crowd that can go a long way
|toward the
|future success of the company: i.e. with the idea at least some of the
|young
|customers buying Rebels and T-Kits in the near term will in the future
|be
|customers for the Omni X, "Triple Eagle", Orion IV, or whatever the
|TT "flagship" rig is when that time comes.
|
|Just my $0.02 worth....
|
|73, Al
|
|
|On Fri May 23 2014 5:15:08 am Brian Carling wrote:
|
|> Jim is right on this though. With these "700,000" new hams, you can
|bet
|> most will never operate HF and even fewer will experience the utter
|joy of
|> CW. this is why I'm so delighted when I hear about groups of guys
|that are
|> learning together and experiencing CW or homebrewing etc. I had a
|slow CW
|> QSO the other day with a class that was learning CW. First with a
|student
|> and then with his teacher. It was so cool.
|>
|> Best regards - Bry Carling, AF4K
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