[TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Haigwood" <jerry at w5jh.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility


> 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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