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

[Larry Phipps]

I totally agree with your last statement. I sell a couple of small kits, 
and also offer them assembled. Even though the hardest one takes less 
than 8 hours to build, a third of all orders are for assembled.

Larry N8LP



Bill Coleman wrote:

>
> As to the title of this thread -- I don't think that Elecraft can  
> "take over". Consider: in their heyday, Heathkit didn't "take over"  
> the ham radio market. Certainly they were wildly popular -- but there  
> were plenty of companies that sold built equipment. And that was in  
> an age when completely homebrew stations were the norm.
>
> Today, things are different. Appliance operators rule, and the kit- 
> built rig is an exception. It would be difficult to overcome that  
> bias in order to "take over".
>
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901