[TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility

[Jerry Haigwood]

Jim and all,
     I suspect that Elecraft is selling a lot more radios than TenTec these
days.  They have been having trouble keeping up with the sales of the KX-3.
It will be interesting to see how well the TenTec 539 stacks up against the
KX-3 in a side-by-side comparison.  I believe both are 10W radios and both
designed for the QRP/portable market.  I recently took a look at the new
100W 418 amplifier.  It is an impressive amp but out of the price range for
most people.  TenTec needs to learn how to make a $350 version of the amp
without all the bells and whistles.  They would sell a lot more of them.  In
this economy the need for lower cost equipment is larger than ever.  TenTec
needs to adapt to the economic times or stand chance of going out of
business.
Jerry W5JH


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Lowman
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 5:50 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility

I think I used the same phrase about a week ago.

Interesting that Elecraft can be at both Huntsville and Boxboro, on
back-to-back weekends, no less, and Ten-Tec can't venture any farther than
Huntsville and Dayton.
This is especially conspicuous, since Ten-Tec has the new 418 and 539 to
show off.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 8/27/2012 12:46 PM, Douglas wrote:
> 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".
>
> 73,
>
> Doug/WA1TUT
>

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