Re: [Elecraft] popular rig WOW

2007-06-05 Thread Stuart Rohre
Over many years in the R&D business, I learned that there is a contractor to do most anything in CA. You have such a base of Aerospace cos. who scramble now for a piece of the pie, that there are contract manufacturers and board houses to expand your production capability. The trick is to find

Re: [Elecraft] popular rig WOW

2007-06-05 Thread Joe-aa4nn
This is not even funny! de Joe, aa4nn - Original Message - From: "Darwin, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] popular rig WOW Here's a thought. Elecraft scores a hit with the K3, appealing to the general

RE: [Elecraft] popular rig WOW

2007-06-05 Thread Darwin, Keith
Here's a thought. Elecraft scores a hit with the K3, appealing to the general market but struggles under the mound of orders. Once-dominant Kenwood, buys the US-based company and moves production & testing to Japan. The K3 survives, Kenwood's presence in ham radio increases with no engineering e

[Elecraft] popular rig WOW

2007-06-05 Thread Charles Harpole
Talking to the believers... I predict that the K3 will become the IC-706 of our new day. That is, it will blow the market apart in terms of price to performance and within a year, virtually every active ham will either have one (lucky) or want one soon. I just hope Elecraft can cope with the