[Elecraft] LDG

[w5ov at w5ov.com]

You can't argue with the numbers. And while Eric and company would like to
be a $100 million company, I think they have some way to go to reach that
level.

The reason you run into others with the K3 is that you are here in the
U.S. and many of those folks are like-minded with you and I, looking for
the best performing radio available. Remember, there are a lot of people
who are not even aware of the K3 and only consider I/Y/K radios.

None of what I said in any way should be construed to be negative about
the K3 - it's just that the number of them sold in no way compares to what
Icom and Yaesu (and Kenwood) sell world-wide. $100 million in K3 terms =
about 25,000 of them annually. We all know that there are not even close
to 25,000 K3's out there.

As further evidence of my personal perspective, my K3 occupies the spot
where my 756Pro3 used to be and I have no regrets. In fact, I just used it
for the first time on 6m last weekend in the VHF test and it worked very
well - even without the optional preamp on 6m.

73,

Bob W5OV

> First off my K3/10 is what most consider QRP.  I use a used MFJ-945E
> tuner on 80-6m (also used when I ran my FT-847 on HF).  Supposedly
> rated to 300w (?) but I do not have anything that runs that high built.
>
> But, mainly, I want to respond to the "K3 types are devoted and
> loyal, we're just a drop in the bucket of the world-wide amateur
> market" statement.  Really?  Then why do I run into all these K3
> owners on the many e-mail reflectors, I inhabit?  I can say the K3 is
> very well though of and gaining popularity with the VHF+, EME, and
> microwave crowd!  To say they are in the lead for ultimate
> weak-signal operations, and the K3 is considered one of the best (if
> not the best) for that.
>
> and that is why I own one.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7uW
> "hint uW = microwave"
>
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> Message: 43
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:14:31 -0500
> From: "Bob Naumann" <W5OV at W5OV.COM>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LDG
> To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
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> For a moment, consider that what the LDG rep says may be true.
>
> I suspect that it is, given the incredible advertising & promotional
> budgets
> that Icom and Yaesu apparently have from sales of their products.
>
> While Elecraft is clearly doing well and they're growing, it is also clear
> that these long-standing manufacturers (I,Y) are selling lots more radios.
> A
> quick Internet search shows that it is estimated that Icom USA (Note: This
> is USA only) has sales revenues on a yearly basis of between $50 million
> and
> $100 million. Then, add whatever Icom is doing in the rest of the world,
> and
> you begin to get the picture of how big these companies are in comparison.
>
> What this tells us is that while us K3 types are devoted and loyal, we're
> just a drop in the bucket of the world-wide amateur market compared to the
> "big two". (Kenwood doesn't count until they come out with a real radio -
> then it once again may be the 'big 3').
>
> 73,
>
> W5OV
>
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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