TenTec
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TenTec] The next flagship

To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] The next flagship
From: Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 16:59:37 +0000
List-post: <tentec@contesting.com">mailto:tentec@contesting.com>
Yup, and 3 out of 3 on my shack photo:  http://files.qrz.com/u/n1eu/rigs.jpg

73, Barry N1EU


On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:53 PM, GARY HUBER <glhuber@msn.com> wrote:

>
> Check AB9M at QRZ.com
>
> Made in USA....
>
>
> 73 & DX,
> Gary - AB9M
> -----Original Message----- From: Jim Lowman
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:48 AM
>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] The next flagship
>
> I don't know how many of you subscribe to Facebook or Google+ but if you
> look at the shack photos on the QRZ page, you won't see much
> American-made equipment other than the occasional Elecraft K3.
> You can see the same thing in photos in CQ Magazine.
> It's pretty much JA gear.  And these are the shacks that tend to cause
> me to have "shack envy," for lack of a better term.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
> On 5/21/2014 8:21 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>
>> Let's see Wayne, 1400 radios purchased out of 750,000 hams in the US...
>> plus
>> about 400,000 in Western Europe...
>> Then how many hams in the rest of the world...
>> Penetration rate is...  0.01% maybe.
>>
>> And then compare that number to the number of transceivers sold for under
>> $1K.
>> And again for the number sold for up to $1.5K .
>>
>> You can't just look at one statistic, and assess the business opportunity.
>> You have to compare it to your other options.
>>
>> AND, the JA companies have good sales and sales channels around the world.
>> Ten-Tec hardly makes a dent in European ham radio sales.
>> I'm sure it's the same in the far East.
>>
>> If we want to consider TS-990 sales to assess the high end market for
>> Ten-Tec, then it would be better to only consider sales in North America.
>> That will give us a more accurate picture of the realistic opportunity for
>> TT in this market.
>>
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> 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

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>