[TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility

[John]

Rick,

Oh...I see...All CAPS is not yelling....It is SPEAKING LOUDLY IS FOR 
THOSE OF US WITH A HEARING DEFICIT SO WE ALL CAN CONTINUE THE 
CONVERSATION!  THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING IT.

John / WA1JG

On 9/1/2012 10:26 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> NOT ALL OF US VIEW THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS AS YELLING!
>
> That is more of a chat/Text/Twitter thing.
>
> WE HAVE USED CAPITAL LETTERS FOR EMPHASIS FOR AS MANY YEARS AS I CAN
> REMEMBER.
> (and that's a very long time - I have had an email account since 1983).
>
> I still use capital letters for emphasis, especially here where we can't use
> BOLD TEXT to emphasize text.
>
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of chacuff
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:12 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility
>
> I agree..but you didn't have to yell....
>
>
> Cecil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rodney" <w3krq at dejazzd.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at 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 at yahoo.com>
>> To: <tentec at 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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