[Elecraft] Elecraft vs. Heath.

[Stephen W. Kercel]

I used to live in Seymour TN, the next town over from Sevierville, 
and I knew quite a few of the management and engineering people at 
Ten Tec. I cannot say what their present situation is, but back when 
I knew them, Tec Tec made its money from its Government radio 
contracts and from custom machining in its tool room. They 
consistently lost money on their ham gear. They stayed in the ham 
business because 1) the top management were active hams and supported 
ham radio, and 2) they made enough profit from their other operations 
that they could afford to subsidize their ham manufacturing.
73

Steve Kercel
AA4AK


At 12:17 PM 10/1/2007, JT Croteau wrote:
>On 10/1/07, Vic K2VCO <vic at rakefet.com> wrote:
> > as Kenwood did. It's unfortunate that Tentec, which as far as I know
> > does not have a big non-ham business, will take a hit. But that's biz biz.
>
>Well, TenTec does have some commercial and government radio contracts
>and, I believe, they have a pretty succesful enclosure and tool and
>die business that can stand alone.  How lucritive?  I'm not sure.
>
>--
>JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx)
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