John,
I have a Delta II that I dont use very much. I am interested in selling it
for that reason. Works good and looks good.
I includes a Manual. Shipped for $500 east of the Mississipi.
I can answer any questions, send pictures, etc.
Greg Breeden
AL0A
----- Original Message -----
From: "john ferro" <foxbat426@hotmail.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:37 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Wanted: TT Delta II
>
> greetings, looking to purchase a ten tec delta II - i really like ten tecs
> and this one would seem to fit the bill - its small and more simple
> operation it seems, just what i'm looking for after a stint with a flex
> radio SDR-1000.
>
> 73, john
>
>> From: wmgoins@gmail.com
>> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 21:29:54 -0500
>> To: tentec@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New TT website
>>
>> He was also apparently having distribution issues. There were a couple
>> of people handling the rig for him here - at least one in the US and
>> another in Canada - but it didn't seem to be working out. He even sold
>> them on the auction site and sold some as kits.
>>
>> I tried to find one new and simply could not. Nothing to be found
>> through Internet searches or whatever. Did find one from a ham who had
>> two and the truth is that I really, really like it.
>>
>> No one but insiders will ever really know, but it LOOKS like he cut a
>> deal with TT that works for both of them. It's a cool little radio and
>> he has a solid distribution partner. Do I wish it was a TenTec
>> designed and built rig - yep. But it's 2010 and it's simple global
>> economics.
>>
>> Michael Goins, k5wmg
>> Pipe Creek, Texas
>> Fast cars, slow boats, big dogs, little yellow radios, and summers off to
>> write
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/5/23 Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>:
>> > I've been doing a little checking, and I have yet to hear or read
>> > anything
>> > significantly bad about the BD4RG HB-1A rig.
>> >
>> > So let's do a small reality check. Ten-Tec wants to introduce a new
>> > QRP
>> > radio, they come across this design, they find out that they can have a
>> > version of it built for them at an affordable price. So what's not to
>> > like?
>> >
>> > Would I have preferred that it be built in Tennessee? Certainly. But
>> > for
>> > the company to survive, it may have been inevitable that some of their
>> > manufacturing would be out-sourced, just to stay competitively priced.
>> >
>> > We don't know all the details, we may never know them, and for that
>> > matter,
>> > it's probably not all for the public ears anyway. It could be that
>> > they are
>> > currently so busy with equipment (amateur, commercial, and military)
>> > that
>> > they couldn't squeeze something else into the production line schedule,
>> > for
>> > example. So this is not necessarily a bad thing.
>> >
>> > And let's be realistic. Let's say Ten-Tec decides, for example, to
>> > introduce a small mobile HF rig... imagine an updated Argonaut V with
>> > 100 W
>> > output, for example. [I used to talk about such a possibility with
>> > Scott,
>> > way back when, and the answer I got was that it wasn't cost effective
>> > for
>> > Ten-Tec to do so -- the interest was there, but they couldn't price it
>> > in
>> > such a way as to be affordable (and competitive with others) and
>> > profitable.] If this new radio works out, and the opportunity presents
>> > itself, let's say that the new rig CAN be built at BD4RG's facility...
>> > and
>> > the retail cost to you is $599 or less. Would you buy that radio, even
>> > if
>> > it were made overseas? [I know I'd strongly consider it if I had the
>> > shekels to spend at the time... and probably would] And the
>> > alternative
>> > is... no radio at any price?
>> >
>> > My biggest concern however... well, a few of you on the list remember
>> > the
>> > Drake TR-22. Which was built for them with their design by a company
>> > called
>> > Trio. What happened next? Well, do you remember the Trio-Kenwood
>> > TR-2200?
>> > The rest I leave as an intellectual exercise for the curious.
>> >
>> > The bottom line is that this is going to be very interesting. I hope
>> > for
>> > Ten-Tec's sake (and for ours, for that matter) that it works out well.
>> > We
>> > shall see.
>> >
>> > And with any luck, come this fall, I will be able to get my hands on
>> > one
>> > myself.
>> >
>> > 73, ron w3wn
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
>> > [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
>> > On Behalf Of Bwana Bob
>> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 2:32 PM
>> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] New TT website
>> >
>> > It looks like it was designed to compete with the Elecraft KX-1 and the
>> > Hendricks TFR. Personally, I would prefer a kit radio.
>> >
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > Bob WB2VUF
>> >
>> > Michael Goins wrote:
>> >> Yep. It's the Chinese rig by BD4RG with TenTec's name now on it. If
>> >> you pull up the manuals for the rig the schematic is still the same
>> >> and it has HB-1A on it.
>> >>
>> >> This is a really a fun little rig and the price is pretty good built
>> >> and ready to go. The audio is a little raspy on the original ones and
>> >> a little low. Wonder if it was corrected for this version and hte
>> >> schematic just hasn't been changed on the instruction sheets. Again, I
>> >> wonder why they split it into 20/30 and 30/40 when the original is
>> >> 20/30/40. Find that a little odd.
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >> Pipe Creek, Texas
>> >> Fast cars, slow boats, big dogs, little radios, and summers off to
>> >> write
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2010/5/21 Fotis SV8ING <sv8ing@yahoo.gr>:
>> >>> It's www.tentec.com
>> >>> and I see there a new TT site!
>> >>>
>> >>> 73
>> >>>
>> >>> Fotis SV8ING Papadellis
>> >>>
>> >>> GREECE
>> >>>
>> >>> --- Στις Παρ., 21/05/10, ο/η Kris Merschrod <Kris@merschrod.net>
>> >>> έγραψε:
>> >>>
>> >>> Από: Kris Merschrod <Kris@merschrod.net>
>> >>> Θέμα: Re: [TenTec] New TT website
>> >>> Προς: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
>> >>> Ημερομηνία: Παρασκευή, 21 Μάιος 2010, 14:37
>> >>>
>> >>> Good afternoon Fotis,
>> >>>
>> >>> Please tell us where the new T T website is. That is, please send
>> >>> the
>> > www.
>> >>> address or URL.
>> >>>
>> >>> 73,
>> >>> Kris KM2KM
>> >>> Merschrod
>> >>> 123 Warren Road
>> >>> Ithaca, NY 14850
>> >>> www.merschrod.net
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Fotis SV8ING" <sv8ing@yahoo.gr>
>> >>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
>> >>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:25 AM
>> >>> Subject: [TenTec] New TT website
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> A new TT website is out there!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 73
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Fotis SV8ING Papadellis
>> >>>>
>> >>>> GREECE
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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