[Elecraft] I thought Elecraft was a household name!

[N5GE]

And the fourth kind of customers are us old geezer's that enjoy chasing DXCC
Countries and only work contests to get a new one and couldn't care less about
who won the contest.

Ham radio is a great hobby and all of us should enjoy the hobby the way we like
to.

I probably will replace the 857D in the truck with a KX3 one of these days
though...

Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member


On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:15:30 -0800, "Edward R. Cole" <kl7uw at acsalaska.net>
wrote:

>Gil wrote:
>"I think Elecraft has two kinds of customers: The QRP/portable/kit 
>crowd, and the contest/performance/features crowd. Both crowds like 
>the quality and are willing to spend extra for it, myself included. 
>The former wants simple, less features, the later wants more."
>
>There is a third "emerging" group:  The weak-signal enthusiast, 
>whether that is in the form of VHF/mw, eme or even LFer.  The FT-817 
>took over the interest of the microwave operators a decade ago and I 
>estimate 80% bought one.  I predict when the KX3 is "discovered" it 
>will be replacing the FT-817's in a big way.  I estimate about 1,000 
>mw operators in the world.  You think Elecraft would enjoy 800 extra 
>KX3 orders over the next two years?  I'm talking orders beyond the 
>existing groups Gil mentions.
>
>My demo was lightly attended, yesterday.  But the hamfest numbers 
>were down a third from last year, as well.
>
>
>
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