finally found a good set of phones for K3....Kenwood HS-5. Audio now at 9 oclock and volume is great...with the Heil it had to be 3 oclock and then volume was poor.
susan If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're headed!! Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM USSV DHARMA --- On Tue, 10/19/10, Terry Schieler <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Terry Schieler <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 > To: "'Guy Olinger K2AV'" <[email protected]>, "'Joe Subich, W4TV'" > <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 10:53 AM > Guy, K2AV wrote: " I want them > PROFITABLE so I get to keep them." > > That's a message I've used in our business for many > years. "You NEED me to > be profitable so that I am around to continue to serve your > needs" is a > statement that I've ingrained in my sales reps. When > you are not the "low > priced spread" in an industry you are constantly faced with > customers who > admit that they really prefer your level of quality, > service and attention, > but keep on reminding you that somebody else is doing it > "cheaper". > > I had a customer tell me that "I used to buy this model > from XX for much > less than you are charging me". When I told him that > I then would recommend > that he go back to that supplier and continue to purchase > from him, the > customer's response was "I can't....he's no longer in > business!" > > Hmmmm. Wonder why he's out of business. Many hams > don't understand that. > Guy gets it! > > 73, > > Terry, W0FM > K3 #474 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Olinger K2AV [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:34 AM > To: Joe Subich, W4TV > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 > > There are a bunch of guys on this reflector, however decent > and > technically competent, that I would never want to run a > business I had > stock in. Decent folks, probably be great neighbors, > and favored ham > buddies, would trust my kids with them, but they would do > what 85% of > all startup businesses do, go bankrupt. > > There is a concept they are edging toward in their K3 > nit-picking, and > it's called mil-spec. They just don't want to admit > it. > > A company that makes mil-spec MUST charge for it. A > company that > allows construction options MUST charge for it. The > screws themselves > either add bucks to ALL of the products, OR options > increase > production complexity and therefore cost for the option. > > However embedded, LABOR is the major cost of a radio. > Even the cost > of a screw has labor embedded in it. > > There ARE mil-spec radios that exceed K3 specs. You > can buy them. > You can get a LOT of that mil-spec in a K3, but not > all. Exactly what > part of that "lot of a mil-spec" was a business decision. > > If Elecraft were to go bankrupt, I'm fairly convinced that > would make > some posters happy. But bankrupt would bring further > development and > features to a crashing halt. And who repairs K3's > then? Who will > line up a source for your stainless screws and make them > available > then. > > There's a real easy answer for the malcontents. Are > you peeved? Put > it up for sale right here. I've noticed that they > sell REALLY fast, > usually in a couple hours for most of the retail > price. Then you can > go to another reflector and complain about Yakencom. > They'll be happy > to have you back. They might even put you in an ad > about how you > switched back to Yakencom because you didn't like the > screws. > > OR, you could go out and buy 4000 K3's worth of stainless > steel > screws, drop your day job, spend several thousand dollars > on > advertisements for your new stainless steel screw > replacement service, > charge four times the minimum wage for your assembly time > plus screw > cost, and then wait for the business and profits to roll in > to pay > your mortgage and grocery bill. > > Myself, I hope Elecraft keeps making SOUND BUSINESS > DECISIONS. I > already know they have the technical moxy and the most > customer-centric policies in this business niche. At this > point, for > me personally, their greatest worth is that they stay in > business and > keep developing. I want them PROFITABLE so I get to > keep them. I feel > good about that because Elecraft was developing products > and making a > profit right through the worst recession since the great > depression on > a product line that is completely optional to everyday > life. > > They must be doing SOMETHING right smack on dead center to > have half > of all the transceivers at WRTC and made it through these > financial > conditions. > > 73, Guy. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
