[TenTec] "here tomorrow?"

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 03:31 AM 7/14/06, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:18:53PM -0700, Duane - N9DG wrote:
> > Did the current big 4 rise only because they were better able
> > to implement solid state? Or did it have more to do with
> > making radios that better matched the increasingly "appliance
> > operator" mold of hamming.
>
>The Japanese companies survived and even prospered because Japan had a
>no-code HF license. with 1.5 million polite, active hams, with large 
>disposable incomes this has kept the Japanese companies afloat.
>
>The Japanese companies could afford to sell their rigs relatively 
>cheaply overseas (as in the U.S.) because they had such a large 
>domestic market.

And don't forget (newcomers don't realize) the reason for this is 
that JA companies were subsidized by their government.  Not an even 
playing field for USA. (including TT)

w8au