In a message dated 11/13/05 11:30:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It just seems, in the performance for dollar arena, if I have $3000 > to spend, why would I buy the Sienna over the Ten-Tec Orion? Because: - you can work on a Sienna - Sienna has some features Orion doesn't - some folks with enough $$ will have *both* rigs... Or even > > two K2/100s w/ KAT100s, if I want the whole build-it experience? > Because they're not the same. And it may not be about performance-per-dollar as much as about performance-no-matter-what-the-cost > It's hard to perceive what niche the Sienna is targeting. Agreed. It's definitely not the same niche as the K2, seeing as how a fully-loaded K2-100 is about half the price of a barebones Sienna. Another thought: If a ham homebrews a rig, the entire cost is on him/her. But if a ham homebrews a rig and offers copies of it as a kit, which is the product of a small business, a lot of the cost can be transferred to the business as an expense. Someone who is enterprising enough to design a rig like the Sienna (or the K2....) could have the enterprise to make it a business. And we all win. 73 de Jim, N2EY _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
