Re: [TenTec] What's going to be next?

["Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw@Blomand.net>]

Why bother with an S meter?   In every contest that I've worked every one 
receives and gives a 599 report followed by "uh, could you give your call 
phonetically as I did't get it".  Geez, I thought one of those number was 
"readability".  I suppose, for the past 55 years, I've been misinformed on 
the reporting procedures.
73
Bob, K4TAX




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] What's going to be next?


> Every now and again the topic of future (dream) radio comes up.
>
> In my opinion, expensive radios are not the bread and butter of any 
> company
> and in light of the life cycle of components these days, not a good
> investment from a cost of ownership point of view.
>
> In the interest of Ten-Tec remaining in business, I would like to see
> something like this:
>
> <> A big brother to the Eagle, based on its existing technology
> <> An entry-level price of well under $3K
> <> Physically no larger than the Omni VI
> <> An optional 2nd RX, like with the K3
> <> Filter slots for all 5 filters
> <> A readable S-Meter (at least 3x or 4x as large as the Eagle's)
> <> Interfacing for an external bandscope, but no built-in band scope -
> there are plenty of different solutions already available on the market
> <> Band stack registers
> <> Provision for an external RX antenna
> <> Adjustable LEAD and HANG timing for external AMP relay control
> <> As well as the KEYING LOOP
> <> NOT a dark color.  I find it difficult to read lables on any black
> radio.  Why not blue like Hilberling?  The OM-VI was not bad either.
> <> RED DOT
> <> A big bag of sunspots  ;-)
>
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary 
> Smith
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:12 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] What's going to be next?
>
> The Orion was a magnificent radio & it made it through two really nice
> versions but for whatever reasons, an Omni 3 was not offered & the Omni 2
> was the end of life of that lineage. The current top of the line is the 
> Omni
> 7 which as I recall was not touted as highly as the Orion but was offered 
> at
> the same time.
>
> Any next top of the line to be released TenTec heard about in the chatter?
>
> 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
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