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NK7Z

Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

Was good to meet the Elecraft people at Sea-Pac... It was interesting
how the crowd was at Elecraft's display, and not at the other major
radio maker literately right next door to them.

In fact, I watched one of the other radio makers sales people, staring
at the Elecraft table in amazement at the size of the crowd at the
Elecraft table.

Only gripe: Elecraft charges for their hats! :)

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Jim Low man

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

The crowds are typical. Since last year, I've been to Dayton,
Pacificon, IDXC/Visalia and now SeaPac, and that's what one will see.

Good to see Lisa, as always. I'm surprised that she doesn't get
writer's cramp from taking so many orders.

For as great as the TS-990 seems to be, I've yet to see a crowd gathered
around it, even when it was new.

Good convention. My first time here.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

P.S. You're reopening a can of worms from Dayton last year, bringing up
the issue of Elecraft charging for the hats.

Manufacturers like Yaesu and Icom can afford to give away hats. They
probably cost them $2 in quantity, and they have large advertising
budgets. Also, they are cheaply-made in comparison to the ones that
Elecraft sells.

On 6/8/2014 1:47 PM, David Cole wrote:

> Was good to meet the Elecraft people at Sea-Pac... It was interesting
> how the crowd was at Elecraft's display, and not at the other major
> radio maker literately right next door to them.
>
> In fact, I watched one of the other radio makers sales people, staring
> at the Elecraft table in amazement at the size of the crowd at the
> Elecraft table.
>
> Only gripe: Elecraft charges for their hats! :)
>

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wayne burdick

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

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On Jun 8, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Jim Lowman <[hidden email]> wrote:

> P.S. You're reopening a can of worms from Dayton last year, bringing up the issue of Elecraft charging for the hats.
>
> Manufacturers like Yaesu and Icom can afford to give away hats. They probably cost them $2 in quantity, and they have large advertising budgets. Also, they are cheaply-made in comparison to the ones that Elecraft sells.

And if your hat ever needs new firmware, it'll be free.

Wayne

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Hisashi T Fujinaka

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

On Sun, 8 Jun 2014, Wayne Burdick wrote:

>
> On Jun 8, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Jim Lowman <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> P.S. You're reopening a can of worms from Dayton last year, bringing up the issue of Elecraft charging for the hats.
>>
>> Manufacturers like Yaesu and Icom can afford to give away hats. They probably cost them $2 in quantity, and they have large advertising budgets. Also, they are cheaply-made in comparison to the ones that Elecraft sells.
>
> And if your hat ever needs new firmware, it'll be free.

My hat cost me over $1300! Well, if you add my K2/100 and my K3/100,
P3+SVGA I suppose it was way over the $1300 I spent at Seapac!

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John Strandberg

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

I wore my hat at every one of my son-in-law's singles and doubles matches
in the NC Men's Am Tennis tournament for 5 straight days/nights this week.
I was really proud when people asked me what my hat meant. If you have
one of these, you have a special hat no matter how you got it.
John W4DX

On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Jun 2014, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>
>
>> On Jun 8, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Jim Lowman <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> P.S. You're reopening a can of worms from Dayton last year, bringing up
>>> the issue of Elecraft charging for the hats.
>>>
>>> Manufacturers like Yaesu and Icom can afford to give away hats. They
>>> probably cost them $2 in quantity, and they have large advertising budgets.
>>> Also, they are cheaply-made in comparison to the ones that Elecraft sells.
>>>
>>
>> And if your hat ever needs new firmware, it'll be free.
>>
>
> My hat cost me over $1300! Well, if you add my K2/100 and my K3/100,
> P3+SVGA I suppose it was way over the $1300 I spent at Seapac!
>
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NK7Z

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

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The hat comment was a joke... :) Sorry about the can-o-worms. I had
no idea.
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On Sun, 2014-06-08 at 18:14 -0700, Jim Lowman wrote:

> The crowds are typical. Since last year, I've been to Dayton,
> Pacificon, IDXC/Visalia and now SeaPac, and that's what one will see.
>
> Good to see Lisa, as always. I'm surprised that she doesn't get
> writer's cramp from taking so many orders.
>
> For as great as the TS-990 seems to be, I've yet to see a crowd gathered
> around it, even when it was new.
>
> Good convention. My first time here.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
> P.S. You're reopening a can of worms from Dayton last year, bringing up
> the issue of Elecraft charging for the hats.
>
> Manufacturers like Yaesu and Icom can afford to give away hats. They
> probably cost them $2 in quantity, and they have large advertising
> budgets. Also, they are cheaply-made in comparison to the ones that
> Elecraft sells.
>
> On 6/8/2014 1:47 PM, David Cole wrote:
> > Was good to meet the Elecraft people at Sea-Pac... It was interesting
> > how the crowd was at Elecraft's display, and not at the other major
> > radio maker literately right next door to them.
> >
> > In fact, I watched one of the other radio makers sales people, staring
> > at the Elecraft table in amazement at the size of the crowd at the
> > Elecraft table.
> >
> > Only gripe: Elecraft charges for their hats! :)
> >
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NK7Z

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

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You will love the radio!
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On Sun, 2014-06-08 at 20:07 -0700, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Jun 2014, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>
> >
> > On Jun 8, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Jim Lowman <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >
> >> P.S. You're reopening a can of worms from Dayton last year, bringing up the issue of Elecraft charging for the hats.
> >>
> >> Manufacturers like Yaesu and Icom can afford to give away hats. They probably cost them $2 in quantity, and they have large advertising budgets. Also, they are cheaply-made in comparison to the ones that Elecraft sells.
> >
> > And if your hat ever needs new firmware, it'll be free.
>
> My hat cost me over $1300! Well, if you add my K2/100 and my K3/100,
> P3+SVGA I suppose it was way over the $1300 I spent at Seapac!
>

Vic Rosenthal

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

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In my case, it's what's under the hat that needs new firmware.

On 6/8/2014 7:42 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> And if your hat ever needs new firmware, it'll be free.
>
> Wayne

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Jim Sheldon

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It's also good to see that Wayne AND his sense of humor survived Sea
Pac.

My wife and I are heading out to HamCom in Plano, TX this week to give
Eric & his wife a hand there.
Hopefully they'll return with their wits intact as well.

W0EB

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W2RMS

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Hey guys!
I don't know what you're talking about when you say them hats aren't free...
I got a free one at Dayton a month ago.
Then again, i did order the KAT/KPA500 and the W2 while there :-)
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On Jun 9, 2014, at 8:45 AM, Jim's Desktop <[hidden email]> wrote:

> It's also good to see that Wayne AND his sense of humor survived Sea Pac.
>
> My wife and I are heading out to HamCom in Plano, TX this week to give Eric & his wife a hand there.
> Hopefully they'll return with their wits intact as well.
>
> W0EB
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> And if your hat ever needs new firmware, it'll be free.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
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Bill-3

Re: Good to see Elecraft at Sea-Pac

Hats??? You have got to be kidding me! The quality of the equipment
counts - as does the customer service. The hats? Not so much. Seems to
me this same subject was beaten into the ground some months back also.
Let's move on to important subjects.

If you feel a need to reply via private email - I will post the emails
for all to read. I certainly would not want anyone cheated out of
reading what someone has to say.

Thanks,

Bill W2BLC K-Line

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NK7Z

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Dear God, the hats comment was a joke... I had no idea some festering
wound from a previous incarnation of a hat discussion was still in play
for some of us... Please note the ":)" after the hat comment in my
mail... Please let all hat comments die here that relate to my email.

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On Mon, 2014-06-09 at 09:06 -0400, Bill W2BLC wrote:

> Hats??? You have got to be kidding me! The quality of the equipment
> counts - as does the customer service. The hats? Not so much. Seems to
> me this same subject was beaten into the ground some months back also.
> Let's move on to important subjects.
>
> If you feel a need to reply via private email - I will post the emails
> for all to read. I certainly would not want anyone cheated out of
> reading what someone has to say.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill W2BLC K-Line
>
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Jim Low man

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Yes, there are ways to get a free hat.

Last year at Dayton I was sitting at the Elecraft booth, talking with
Lisa. She was taking a $10k order from a man and his wife. The hat was
free.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 6/9/2014 5:56 AM, Slava Baytalskiy wrote:
> Hey guys!
> I don't know what you're talking about when you say them hats aren't free...
> I got a free one at Dayton a month ago.
> Then again, i did order the KAT/KPA500 and the W2 while there :-)
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Jim Low man

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Wayne wasn't there, as far as I could tell. The booth was being ably
staffed by Lisa and a couple of volunteers. Still very busy.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 6/9/2014 5:45 AM, Jim's Desktop wrote:
> It's also good to see that Wayne AND his sense of humor survived Sea Pac.
>
> My wife and I are heading out to HamCom in Plano, TX this week to give
> Eric & his wife a hand there.
> Hopefully they'll return with their wits intact as well.
>
> W0EB
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