Caveat Lector wrote:
Gotta remember - Hams are cheap -- they visit the local store -- try out the
gear - ask a zillion questions, then go away and mail order off the web to
save a measly dollar or two. Then they go back to the local store and ask
them to help program the unit.

I had a Ham offer me $7 for a $25 book, I replied -- which Chapter do you
want (;-)

Years ago, I was in the last real radio store in Portland. They were on
their last legs, and that's just what the owner told me -- people would
come in, get demos of all the units, try them out, then go home and mail
order one. I did, by the way, buy the radio he took so much time to
demonstrate and explain. But the store was out of business shortly
thereafter.

We get what we collectively deserve. You want low prices, you get low
prices. Hello, Wal-Mart; goodbye, service. The modest success of EZNEC,
however, does give me hope.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL