[TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility

[John]

Rick,

You are right, and I was "hopefully" not mean spirited but I am capable 
of being smart.  If you are my age, you remember that the teachers would 
remind  us...."Don't you be so smart, young man." It took me a while, 
but I finally realized that was not a complement.

John / WA1JG

On 9/1/2012 11:48 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Feel free to interpret it any way you please, John.
>
> When I read a manual and see something which reads "CAUTION", I don't feel
> like I'm being yelled at.
> I think "here's something extra important to pay attention to."
> The world has been doing this long before there was an Internet.
>   
> ...and I'm not changing my way of writing, just because some people choose
> to extend or even change the meaning of CAPITAL letters.
>
> There are lots of words with 2 or more meanings so why not have two meanings
> for certain ways of writing?
> In each case people just have to engage their brain to figure out which
> meaning was meant.
> I assume most of us here are capable of that.  ;-)
>
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of John
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 4:50 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec market visibility
>
> 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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