[Elecraft] Re: Competition for Elecraft???

[EricJ]

Boy, you really fell behind, didn't you, Jerry?  Three weeks go by and they
slipped half a dozen transceivers out on you.

Anyway, the Sienna appears to be a high end kit ($3,000 for the stripped
model, double that for the whole deal) where you get a bunch of
pre-assembled boards and cable them together. It also has a built in PC. I
assume you get to cable that together, too. I know...be still my heart!

http://www.getboost.com/dz/default.htm

I might have been interested, but Dave Benson just released the HiMite so I
ordered that instead.

Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of nr5a
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 5:38 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Competition for Elecraft???

What is a Sienna??? I did a Google search and all I could find is its a
Toyota??? Puzzled!!

Jerry - NR5A
----- Original Message -----
From: <N2EY at aol.com>
To: <aa4lr at arrl.net>; <dmg at bossig.com>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Competition for Elecraft???


> In a message dated 11/13/05 11:30:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> aa4lr at arrl.net
> writes:
>
>
>> It just seems, in the performance for dollar arena, if I have $3000
>> to spend, why would I buy the Sienna over the Ten-Tec Orion?
>
> Because:
>
> - you can work on a Sienna
> - Sienna has some features Orion doesn't
> - some folks with enough $$ will have *both* rigs...
>
> Or even
>>
>> two K2/100s w/ KAT100s, if I want the whole build-it experience?
>>
>
> Because they're not the same. And it may not be about 
> performance-per-dollar
> as much as about performance-no-matter-what-the-cost
>
>
>> It's hard to perceive what niche the Sienna is targeting.
>
> Agreed. It's definitely not the same niche as the K2, seeing as how a
> fully-loaded K2-100 is about half the price of a barebones Sienna.
>
> Another thought: If a ham homebrews a rig, the entire cost is on him/her. 
> But
> if a ham homebrews a rig and offers copies of it as a kit, which is the
> product of a small business, a lot of the cost can be transferred to the 
> business
> as an expense. Someone who is enterprising enough to design a rig like the
> Sienna (or the K2....) could have the enterprise to make it a business.
>
> And we all win.
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
>
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