Highland Ham wrote:
The marketing question remains : Is there a substantial ham homebrew market
in the USA . How many of the approx 700000 licenced Hams in the USA purchase
electronic components on a more or less regular basis ?

I would not rule out the possibility of being able to grow a market that
doesn't currently exist.

I think a significant number of hams don't homebrew not because they
don't want to -- but because it's difficult to find parts.

Make part shopping easy, and you could make customers of people who
aren't buying from *anyone* right now.

Then again, you could also lose your shirtgrin.
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com