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Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)
From: Kr01a@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:35:25 -0500 (EST)
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Peter,Paul & Mary
 
 
In a message dated 12/17/2010 6:09:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
Rick@DJ0IP.de writes:

When  will they ever learn?

Now the $64K Question:  "Who sang that  song?"



-----Original Message-----
From:  tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On  Behalf Of Holladay
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:48 PM
To:  Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec"  (Yeah, Right)

Re the flowers,"The young girls picked them, every one"  I'm old enough to 
remember those lines.

73 Frank K4 VMO
-----  Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP"  <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'"  <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:40  PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)


>  Three (your forgot Elecraft).
> Four if you count Palstar.
> Then  there are companies manufacturing amps such as QRO Technologies and
>  Alpha (or whatever their name now is, under new ownership).
> And then  of course there is Vibroplex, which is probably the oldest of 
all
> of  these companies, and still manufacturing keys!
>
>
> Of the  Golden Oldies, you forgot the Gotham antennas.
> That's all we kids  could afford.
> Then there was Raytrack, Autronix, and  Galexy.
>
> Where have all the flowers gone?
>
>  73
> Rick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com  
[mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Jim Younce
>  Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:17 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec  Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah,  Right)
>
> I doubt that Ten-Tec is about to close the doors.   It is a fact that the
> amateur market is only a small percentage of the  company's business. 
Their
> biggest volume is the manufacture of tools  & dies and metal boxes for
> electronic OEM manufactures.  The  amateur business was a labor of love 
for
> Al Cohn and Jack  Birtchfield.  When Al sold Electro-Voice and bought 
>  Ten-Tec
>
> a tool and die manufacture they decided to build a ham  transceiver. Al 
has
> since become a silent key and I am sure Jack is  ready for retirement or
> already has retired.  Both were great  gentlemen to do business with and 
to
> talk to on the  air.
>
> However, I am old enough to remember when National Radio,  Hallicrafters,
> Drake, Regency, Multi-Elmac, Gonset, Central  Electronics, Swan 
> Electronics,
> Atlas Radio, Harvey Wells,  Morrow Radio,  Clegg Laboratories,  Webster
>  Bandspanner,  Walter Ashe,  Technical Material Corp.,  Barker  and
> Williamson,  Peterson Radio,  James Millen,   Hammurland, EF Johnson,
> Heathkit, World Radio Labs, Knight, Lafayette,  Eico, Ameco, Hornet 
> Antennas,
>
> RME Receivers, Master  Mobile Antennas, Collins, and several other 
American
> ham radio  manufactures were major players in the manufacture and sales of
> ham  radio gear.  Now we are down to two, Ten-Tec and MFJ.  Some of  the
> exodus was caused but the failure of engineering departments to  keep up 
> with
>
> single sideband  technology but a  great deal of them fell from the Asian
> manufacture  competetion.
>
> 73
>
> Jim Yoiunce  K4ZM
>
>
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