Hi John,
Ten Tec is a pretty sizeable government contractor and has ways to handle
two products at once, look at the upgraded Omni was being done at the same
time as the VHF rig. If a key design engineer had not quit in the middle of
that VHF design, it would have been manufactured sooner, but it did get to
market.
I think they were doing the Omni VI at the same time as the Scout.
Look at Elecraft, a lot smaller company, and it did the K2,and the K1 and
several accessories in a 2 year span.
73,
Stuart K5KVH
There are differing markets, and about 3000 customers for the 516 I know
about, which is nothing to sneeze at in the ham trade. Don't worry, they
can do both, but both are likely driven by their miltary contract schedule,
which is the bread and butter to them.
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