Yes, the default is absolutely terrible and out of sync with the rest of the
world.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 07:00
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Hamfest Prize Question
> Ah, !@@#!
>
> I sent that email from another computer (not my home one) and certainly
did
> NOT intend for it to go to the entire list. Since I was using the web
based
> email from my ISP and not my home email program, I thought I had corrected
> the address from the reflector default. Obviously I did not.
>
> Please, no further emails on the subject. The matter is closed, dead and
> buried.
>
> My apologies to the entire list.
>
> I really hate this default setting for this list!!!!
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> "What's the point in being crazy if you can't have a little fun with it?"
> -- Russell Crowe portraying John Nash, "A Beautiful Mind"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Valko - W8KC" <w8kc@comcast.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Hamfest Prize Question
>
>
> I'll take a guess that you did not intend to send this email to the whole
> reflector, but as you did, I'll share something with everyone.
>
> A couple of the clubs that I belong to have discovered over the years that
> our pre-swap tickets sell best when offered to the non-ham population as a
> "raffle." These advance tickets also sell for a dollar or two less than
> they do on the day of the swap.
>
> As much as we'd like to offer a ham rig as a top prize, it's WAY easier to
> sell tickets to anyone (even hams!) with a cash prize.
>
> You may not sell tickets in advance so the point may be moot. Just wanted
> to pass that along as our experience.
>
> 73! =paul= W8KC
> Collector of Ten*Tecs and other fine plastics.
> Visit the Virtual Ten*Tec Museum at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w8kc
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:43 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Hamfest Prize Question
>
>
> > Hi Scott,
> >
> > This is kind of unofficial at the moment, but I wanted to sound you out
on
> > this before proceeding further.
> >
> > I've been talking with some of my club's officers about the prizes we're
> > going to be offering at our hamfest in February, and how best to spend
the
> > prize money that's been allocated. At present, the hamfest committee
has
> > budgeted about $1000 that they want to spend on three main prizes.
They'd
> > really like to make the main prize an attractive HF radio within that
> > budget but still have some decent 2nd & 3rd prizes.
> >
> > Of course, TenTec came to mind, in large part due to your excellent
> > reputation (no, really, I'm not just buttering you up!), in large part
> > because it's been a long time since anyone (except TT itself, or super
big
> > shows like Dayton) has featured a TT rig as a hamfest main prize.
> > Specifically, we were thinking of the Argonaut V. But the retail cost
of
> > the radio is a concern because it wouldn't leave much left in the budget
> > for anything else.
> >
> > Is there any way that we could get or work out a small discount on the
> > radio to make it affordable for the budget?
> >
> > One thing to consider, right now we mail about 1000 flyers to active
> > amateurs in WPA and surrounding areas. We don't just fold up the flyers
> > and stick a stamp on them, but put them in envelopes -- less chance for
> > the USPS to destroy them that way. So one possibility would be, in
> > exchange for a discount, would be to also place a TenTec ad or two in
the
> > envelopes with the flyers -- extra advertising in addition to whatever
> > promos we put on the flyers themselves.
> >
> > What do you think? And if there is a possibility of doing this, who do
we
> > approach formally and how do we go about it?
> >
> > Thanks again, and hope to see you at Dayton in May!
> >
> > 73, ron wn3vaw
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
|