Okay.
First off this is a post picked up from a news group.
I Have no connection other than passing it along
Mike wb8vge
Sent from my iPhone
Although there had been much speculation that
Dishtronixhttp://www.dishtronix.com/about.htmlwas the mystery buyer of Ten Tec,
we got confirmation in the last couple of days.
I wrote to Mike Dishop of Dishtronix, Ten Tec’s new owner, to ask him for more
information about what we can expect from Ten Tec going forward. Here is his
response:
Although Ten Tec has changed hands several times in the last couple of years, I
would like to state that Ten Tec has changed hands for the last time in the
foreseeable future. Dishtronix has been continuously operating for 17 years, is
financially stable and will continue managing in a manner that promotes and
maintains financial stability. My vision is strictly long term. I have no plans
to leave this business and will continue to operate Ten Tec as long as I am
physically able to do so. I believe the Ten Tec transceivers to be some of the
best transceivers available at any price and personally have been operating an
Orion II until the first change of ownership. Everyone who uses a piece of
equipment long enough, develops a personal wish list of things they would
change or improve. I feel extremely fortunate to now be in the position where I
can use my skills and expertise from more than forty years of ham radio and
SWLing to implement changes which I hope will make fantastic products even
better.
Unfortunately I have had to make some tough decisions which were made for the
long term health and viability of the company. The Ten Tec team is the nicest
bunch of people you could hope to work with and have overall reacted positively
to the changes. Some team members have chosen to pursue retirement or other
opportunities but the core competency remains. We are extremely fortunate to
have retained former engineering manager John Henry on a consulting basis and I
must give him the greatest credit. I certainly would not take on this project
without him and the other team members like Boyd Lichlyter and Patty Gann. Ten
Tec is like a big family, and I do not view this as me acquiring Ten Tec but
more like me joining an extended family of talented and skilled people. I hope
anyone reading this who is in the market for a new radio will help me support
this great group by at least trying one of their radios. Of the present
production the Eagle is my favorite for having the best sound out of the box,
and that is what my personal preference is always based on – good sound. My
all-time favorite is of course the Orion II so an Orion III is on my personal
wish list for the future. There are numerous Ten Tec user nets on the air and
it is my intention so support them by posting the time and frequency schedules
on the website. If I can accomplish one thing at Ten Tec it will be to be more
customer-centric. I want to build the radios that you the customer wants! I am
looking for ways to reliably engage with our customers so we can do that, and I
think factory support of the nets is one way to start.
The Ten Tec team is working on production improvements to our facility and
business. We are fully occupied with our commercial business at this time. When
I have capacity the next step is to run the first batch of Omni 7+ which is the
Omni 7 with some minor cosmetic changes and improvements such as a flat metal
front for improved shielding. Following this we are releasing the Super Eagle
which brings into the Eagle most of the DSP features found on the Orion II and
is the first step on the path to the Orion III. This is different hardware from
existing product so it is not a firmware upgrade. There are no firm dates or
guarantees for when these things will occur.
The blow out sale prices are over and any outstanding orders at those prices
are terminated The prices will be the regular list price. Those prices were
previous owners intent to liquidate all inventory and will never be repeated.
I am pleased to state that we have completed some firmware updates which will
be posted on the new Ten Tec website once it is up and running to entice people
to visit the site.
Dishtronix has other new products under development as well. The DX2400MKII
replaces the DX2400L1 legal limit + solid state amplifier and should be
unveiled at Hamvention, to mention just one. We are close to beginning
production of our Emtron DX2/3-SPd tetrode amplifiers which will also be shown
at Hamvention. Further, there are some other exciting things happening which we
may announce in the near future.
There has been some speculation if Ten Tec will move to Ohio. I do not plan to
move anything at this time from the Sevierville – Knoxville area, but we may
move within that area.
If I could ask the ham community to do one thing, it would be to please be
patient with us. Things like this take time.
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