Re: [Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

2005-04-29 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Do you think Icom has not sold 5,000 PRO III's? I find that surprising. I have worked more 756PROs than K2s. I'm surprised that it would even be profitable to make such a rig in such small numbers. The bells and whistles probably add more to the RD cost than the basic RF engineering, and I

Re: [Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

2005-04-28 Thread NR5A
Why?? I can't see anything wrong with the way it is QRP. I prefer it over the rice boxes, for one thing I don't need 10,000 bells and whistles, I don't even use many of the K2's extra features. I like it cause even stuipid me and fix it, or get tons of help on this group. Why mess it up?? Guess I

Re: [Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

2005-04-28 Thread Earl W Cunningham
Jerry, NR5A wrote: Why?? == Because there's thousands of hams like KI4GIN and me who like bells and whistles and are willing to pay for them.. It may not appeal to NR5A and others, but there's a BIG market that it WOULD appeal to. 73, de Earl, K6SE

RE: [Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

2005-04-28 Thread Bob Sosin
My guess is that reasons lie more in the greater number of hams interested in purchasing a factory-made box vs. a project, rather than any world-wide hunger for continuously variable PBT / Rx Bandwidth or General HF coverage. Bob, KD4WNQ -Original Message- What are the reasons for the

Re: [Elecraft] Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

2005-04-28 Thread Lee Buller
I think any manufacturer in the cottage business of Ham Radio would like to sell 5,000 units. I am sure ICOM would like to sell that many PRO IIIs. Five thousand units is not a small amount in the business. Just a point. Lee - K0Wa Common sense is in short supply - get some and use it. If