Fw: [VHFcontesting] RE: VHF Contesting

[Bob Naumann - N5NJ]

Regrettably, the manufacturers are reluctant to support less than the major DXpeditions unless they will really get them a ton of publicity.

We've been operating from Antigua for several yesrs in DX contests and have asked all of the manufacturers if they would be willing to sponsor us, and to date, we have not had a single radio manufacturer offer us anything better than a discount of a certain percentage off of list price to buy their radios.  This percentage usually equates to a price higher than what you could buy the same radio for from any of the 1-800 places.

Smaller companies, however, do help out and provide real products in exchange for publicity and also offer to help offset QSL costs - with appropriate logo on the cards of course.

Factory sponsorship, like in motorsports, does not occur in ham radio at all that I'm aware of.  What I'm talking about would be a manufacturer bank-rolling the operation with money.  I've never heard if that occuring.

N5NJ





> 
> From: "Mike Urich, KA5CVH" <ka5cvh at ka5cvh.com>
> Date: 2002/12/06 Fri PM 12:08:24 EST
> To: "VHF Contesting" <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> Subject: Fw: [VHFcontesting] RE: VHF Contesting
> 
> > Wonder when we will see the first factory sponsored VHF contest team? Just
> > an idle thought....
> > Joe, W0FY
> 
> 
> 
> Mike wrote
> 
> More idle thoughts
> 
> I would suggest that we already have "factory sponsored" teams ... not only
> for VHF but especially for HF.  Do you not think that manufactures supply
> gear to DXpedition teams along with a few banners for "photo ops"?  If you
> don't you haven't been looking at the magazine ads closely enough.
> Personally, I'd like to see us call the activating of rare grids or other
> unique operating locations as "domestic DXpeditions" whatchathink Vern?
> 
> Mike Urich,   KA5CVH
> www.ka5cvh.com
> LaPorte TX   EL-29
> 
> Life is too short for QRP!
> 
> 
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