No, I wasn't meaning that, Jim. I agree with your comments and I think
K3 then amps is a good marketing decision.As you say K3 volume should be
in excess of amps but also K3 owners will be more amenable to go for the
amps than K2 owners I suspect.
What I don't agree with are recent postings on the Reflector where users
are saying that Elecraft shouldn't market amps because it is a QRP kit
supplier.
I used follow business programs in the UK where initially Sir John
Harvey-Jones and then Sir Gerry Robinson went in to companies to look
and advice them on how to turn the business around if they were in
trouble or how to expand. I am sure both would have held Elecraft in
high esteem but would have disagreed with the idea of staying a QRP kit
supplier.
73 Chris G3SJJ
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 5/27/07 6:21:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't understand the argument
about Elecraft not marketing amps. T
It's simply a matter of available resources, IMHO. It's clear to me
that Elecraft made the decision to delay the release of the amplifiers
until after the release of the K3, because they don't have the
resources to do both and provide adequate support for the entire
Elecraft product line all at once.
IOW, rather than release everything at once and reduce their standards
of customer service, they put K3 ahead of KPAxxx. Since they will
probably sell more K3s than KPAs, this makes perfect sense.
More than one company supplying the amateur market has gone belly-up
because they had great products but lacked a good marketing plan.
Elecraft isn't repeating that history.
Just my impression from a continent away.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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