[Elecraft] LDG

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > Most of the big manufacturers sell more of one radio model than
 > all of the Elecraft radios ever sold (combining all models).

You could not prove that from my experience.  Either Elecraft
owners are more likely to buy a microHAM interface (even though
the K3 has built-in transformer isolated line in/out jacks) than
owners of other transceivers or Elecraft is selling more rigs in
the current market conditions than other manufacturers.

The one thing I can say about LDG, they are more likely to
sell "down market" (owners of toys like the FT-817/857/897,
IC-706/7000, TS-480) than they are to sell "up market" (the
IC-7600, FT-2000/5000, K3) so the NIH syndrome may be at play.

73,

    ... Joe Subich, W4TV
        microHAM America, LLC.
        http://www.microHAM-USA.com
        http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM


On 6/16/2010 3:20 PM, Phil LaMarche wrote:
> This was LDG's response to my email:  Short sighted!
>
> The Elecraft market is very small compared to the rest of the HF
> market. Yes, it is big for the kit market, but still very little in
> caparison to the entire HF radio market.
>
> Most of the big manufacturers sell more of one radio model than all
> of the Elecraft radios ever sold (combining all models).
>
> Dwayne Kincaid LDG
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> Philip LaMarche
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