The new web site says SSB specialists, or some such thing. Is QSK
going to take a back seat, I wonder?
I've often wondered why Ten-Tec didn't keep its engineering in
Sevierville and outsource production to the east. Certainly the build
quality and QC of its locally-produced transceivers are nothing
special. The upcoming Kenwood TS-590 is going to provide stiff
competition for both the aging Jupiter and the OMNI VII, as it
apparently will be priced under $2000.
I see nothing sacred in this day and age of ferocious global
competition about their being able to continue to say "Built in the
USA."
Perhaps slapping a Ten-Tec logo on a radio made in China is a first
tentative step in that direction, although in the past Ten-Tec has put
its label on Astron power supplies, I believe. Don't know where
they're made.
Just my two cents.
73,
John, W3ULS
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