[Elecraft] Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

David Cole dave at nk7z.net
Sun Jun 8 23:42:57 EDT 2014


The hat comment was a joke...  :)  Sorry about the can-o-worms.  I had
no idea.
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On Sun, 2014-06-08 at 18:14 -0700, Jim Lowman wrote:
> The crowds are typical.  Since last year, I've been to Dayton, 
> Pacificon, IDXC/Visalia and now SeaPac, and that's what one will see.
> 
> Good to see Lisa, as always.  I'm surprised that she doesn't get 
> writer's cramp from taking so many orders.
> 
> For as great as the TS-990 seems to be, I've yet to see a crowd gathered 
> around it, even when it was new.
> 
> Good convention.  My first time here.
> 
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
> 
> P.S.  You're reopening a can of worms from Dayton last year, bringing up 
> the issue of Elecraft charging for the hats.
> 
> Manufacturers like Yaesu and Icom can afford to give away hats.  They 
> probably cost them $2 in quantity, and they have large advertising 
> budgets.  Also, they are cheaply-made in comparison to the ones that 
> Elecraft sells.
> 
> On 6/8/2014 1:47 PM, David Cole wrote:
> > Was good to meet the Elecraft people at Sea-Pac...  It was interesting
> > how the crowd was at Elecraft's display, and not at the other major
> > radio maker literately right next door to them.
> >
> > In fact, I watched one of the other radio makers sales people, staring
> > at the Elecraft table in amazement at the size of the crowd at the
> > Elecraft table.
> >
> > Only gripe:  Elecraft charges for their hats!  :)
> >
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