Count me in on a stock purchase... 73
Gene K1NR K2 6K On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:42:57 -0800 eric manning <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric > You've convinced me! When is the stock offering - so I > can buy some Elecraft Shares? > [I've been selling Elecraft radios for free and I'd like > to cash in, to get paid for it. > Owning the stock would do the trick. > Please? ] > > Eric Manning > VA7DZ > > > Eric Swartz said: > > We are well past working from our basements.:-) > > A few data points: > > 1. Since shipping our first K2 from Aptos in January of > 1999, Elecraft > has grown into a healthy multi-million dollar high-tech > company with a > broad product line. We have -zero- debt, own all of our > inventory, and > have a healthy, and very stable, balance sheet. We build > our products > here in California, just outside of Silicon Valley. We > are structured to > be here for a long time, and certainly longer than most > hams keep a > particular rig. We want Elecraft to outlast both of us. > > 3. How did we do that? Elecraft designs great, high > value, products that > are fun to use. And our products, like the K3, continue > to improve and > get new features even -after- you buy them. We run a > stable and tight > financial ship - carefully trading off an internally > financed growth > rate versus risk and cash needs. We work hard. We hire > great people who > continually amaze us with their intelligence, creativity > and work > ethic. Our customer support team is one of the best. And > we enjoy our work. > > 4. We also carefully listen to, and interact with, our > customers daily. > We are focused on being the most responsive, and fun, ham > radio company > to buy from - period. > > 5. Wayne and I are both healthy guys - a very long way > from retirement. > We are having a great time bulding and running Elecraft, > and plan to do > so for some time. But we are not the only people who > continue to make > Elecraft successful. > > 6. Our well staffed engineering design team is diverse > and strong. I'd > wager that it is as large as, or larger, than many HF rig > design teams > at our competitors. We are well past two guys doing all > of the design in > our basement labs. Our engineering, support, > manufacturing and > management people are top notch, with a lot of depth. We > have a great > team and plan to keep building it for the long haul. > > 7. We haven't been a 'QRP Only Company' for some time. > Yes, in 1999 we > first targeted at the QRP market since it was tightly > focused, easily > marketed to, and was our fastest path to a first product. > Its still a > great market, too. But we always planned to also offer > 100W > high-performance rigs, both kit and factory assembled, to > compete > against the best HF rigs from other QRO manufacturers. > That's the major > part of the market. I think you can agree we have more > than succeeded in > that area with the K2 and now the K3. > > The majority of our rigs go out the door at 100W. We are > continually > designing a diverse product line, ranging from QRP to > QRO. The KPA500, > now going into field test, is definitely -not- QRP;-) > But stay tuned > for more QRP offerings too! > > 9. Most important, we have incredibly enthusiastic and > supportive > customers. You make it fun for us! By telling your > friends about > Elecraft, the K3, and our other products, you keep us in > business every > day. > > You are our best salespeople. The more you > enthusiastically tell your > friends about our products, in person and on the air, the > more new > products we can design and sell. In today's economic > environment, more > than ever, this is incredibly important to us. Please - > keep up the > great work. We really appreciate it! > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > > www.elecraft.com > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web mail provided by NuNet, Inc. The Premier National provider. http://www.nni.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
