[Elecraft] RE: Elecraft Amplifiers

[G3SJJ]

No, I wasn't meaning that, Jim. I agree with your comments and I think 
K3 then amps is a good marketing decision.As you say K3 volume should be 
in excess of amps but also K3 owners will be more amenable to go for the 
amps than K2 owners I suspect.

What I don't agree with are recent postings on the Reflector where users 
are saying that Elecraft shouldn't market amps because it is a QRP kit 
supplier.

I used follow business programs in the UK where initially Sir John 
Harvey-Jones and then Sir Gerry Robinson went in to companies to look 
and advice them on how to turn the business around if they were in 
trouble or how to expand. I am sure both would have held Elecraft in 
high esteem but would have disagreed with the idea of staying a QRP kit 
supplier.

73 Chris G3SJJ



N2EY at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/27/07 6:21:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> g3sjj at btinternet.com writes:
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>> I don't understand the argument
>> about Elecraft not marketing amps. T
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> It's simply a matter of available resources, IMHO. It's clear to me 
> that Elecraft made the decision to delay the release of the amplifiers 
> until after the release of the K3, because they don't have the 
> resources to do both and provide adequate support for the entire 
> Elecraft product line all at once.
>
> IOW, rather than release everything at once and reduce their standards 
> of customer service, they put K3 ahead of KPAxxx. Since they will 
> probably sell more K3s than KPAs, this makes perfect sense.
>
> More than one company supplying the amateur market has gone belly-up 
> because they had great products but lacked a good marketing plan. 
> Elecraft isn't repeating that history.
>
> Just my impression from a continent away.
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY
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