If you want a transceiver kit of 100W with lots of "bells and whistles" the
choices are limited. If you're looking QRP/minimalist there are quite a few
vendors, especially if you count all the QRP club product offerings. It may
be a marketing decision if TT is indeed reducing their kit offerings.
73, Al
On Sun November 30 2014 3:59:32 pm R. Eric Sluder via TenTec wrote:
> Life moves on... I wish Heathkit still existed.
>
> -Eric
> W9WLW
>
> Sent from an iPhone
>
> > On Nov 30, 2014, at 4:11 PM, Curron <kb3drw@msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > No more factory tours and no more ham fests.... Not many more kits...
> > are we loosing our beloved Ten Tec? Looks like the things that made us
> > all love em is fading into history... :(
> >
> > Don
> > Kb3drw
> >
> >> From: tentec-request@contesting.com
> >> Subject: TenTec Digest, Vol 143, Issue 46
> >> To: tentec@contesting.com
> >> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:00:09 -0500
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> >> 1. Jupiter & Buddipole: A Dynamite Combo (John Rippey)
> >> 2. New Ten Tec factory (Vic Klein)
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> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 19:27:51 -0500
> >> From: John Rippey <w3uls73@gmail.com>
> >> To: tentec@contesting.com
> >> Subject: [TenTec] Jupiter & Buddipole: A Dynamite Combo
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> >> Just made a QSO on CQ WW CW contest with JA3KBY, using my Buddipole on
> >> our balcony and the Jupiter. The very faint JA3 was very patient and
> >> worked hard to get my call right, which I appreciate. With the
> >> Buddipole oriented toward the southeast, and surrounded on the west
> >> and north sides by concrete and rebar, the signal must have come in
> >> long path.
> >>
> >> It is not unprecedented for me to work an occasional JA (or Hawaii or
> >> VK), but it's a first for just 100 watts and the Jupiter. No
> >> counterpoise, either. No RFI. Amazing.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> John, W3ULS
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> Message: 2
> >> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:27:03 -0500
> >> From: "Vic Klein" <vhklein@ptd.net>
> >> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> >> Subject: [TenTec] New Ten Tec factory
> >> Message-ID: <F81DAF53A2674DA88747F25B5356EBE1@SilverStreak>
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> >>
> >> To avoid the NE snowstorm, I traveled south to Tennessee a day early
> >> last week. I visited the new Ten Tec factory last Wednesday, operated
> >> the O7 from their demo station, and chatted with Stan. A shipment of
> >> boards for the Omni VII expected on the 14th had not shown up as of
> >> then, so they had not started on the Omni production as of yet, but
> >> Eagle and Argonaut shipments were continuing. Also noted that they
> >> should have the SP320B speaker available again in a month or so.
> >>
> >> Alas, there are no tours of the manufacturing area now and no more
> >> hamfests because of a lack of outside space, but otherwise things look
> >> good at the new plant. I was happy to see one of the "new" black-knob
> >> O7's in the demo station and was able to get really nice reports using
> >> it with the 707 Regal mic.
> >>
> >> =Vic=
> >> WA4THR
> >>
> >>
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