Indeed it has.
I had the actual figures about 2 months ago (still do, somewhere).
If I remember correctly, they must be up to 8 to 10 thousand units by now.
Hard to fight the economies of scale when the competitor has that going for
her.
YOU GUYS have missed the point.
You are speculating about a future redesigned product, which takes time.
In order to get there, A&T-T need to be producing product right now.
Mike has invested in all sorts of machinery and once again returned the two
companies to be in a position of producing their own radios... Made in USA.
It is not a good idea to let the machines sit idle while they are designing
a new product.
The OM7 could possibly be resurrected without too much work.
The O2 would need a lot of re-design.
The Eagle is ready to go right now.
I go along with Terry for the follow-up product, but at the moment time is
of the essence.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
Moreschi
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:19 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Wrong Product - Eagle
In 17 years of selling my software, I have never seen such a strong response
on a new radio as the Icom 7300. It must be breaking all kinds of sales
records.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com
On 2/19/2017 4:01 PM, terry foskey via TenTec wrote:
> Panadapter scope on front, same menu system as Orion/Omni VII. Outputs
for TV monitor. Similar to display on my ICOM 7800. That would something
worth owning.
>
>
> From: terry foskey<n5tf@yahoo.com>
> To: Ron Notarius W3WN<wn3vaw@verizon.net>; 'Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment'<tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Wrong Product - Eagle
>
> You will never sell eagles at the proposed price point. I was not
proposing an OMNI VII only the form factor ie user interface of a box
similar in size or between the Orion and the Omni VII. What i propose uses
the Eagle receiver and perhaps transmit sections but in a different package.
>
>
> From: Ron Notarius W3WN<wn3vaw@verizon.net>
> To: 'terry foskey'<n5tf@yahoo.com>; 'Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment'<tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 2:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] Wrong Product - Eagle
>
> Terry,
>
> I would respectfully disagree with you in part.
>
> Considering that the Omni VII is the older of the two designs, it
> makes sense to bring back the Eagle first. Less chance of parts
> suddenly becoming unobtanium, one of the hottest receivers on the
> market at the time (remember the upgrade to the Orion/Orion II second
> receiver was the Eagle receiver design, as I recall), and a relatively
compact design.
>
> If were Mike to ask for my input, which he has not, my only quibble
> would be to make the "bare bones" Eagles all with the antenna tuner.
> You can achieve a bit of an economy of scale that way, and it would be
> a good selling point when compared to the imported rigs for less money
that come an AT installed.
>
> Now, with that said...
>
> I would agree that, if I were asked, which I have not, that the first
"new"
> rig would logically be an updated Omni VII. Take the Eagle design,
> bring it up to date with technology from the last few years, possibly
> add either a second receiver or the capability to add one later (a
> simple add-in board, perhaps). Use the larger rig form factor of an
> Omni VII or an Orion for the purpose of ergonomics (I've used a K3,
> and I really dislike the small knobs and the relatively crowded front
> panel... But I don't wan an all menu driven rig, either).
>
> Once that's done, if I were asked, which I have not, I'd then suggest
> updating the Eagle. So the two primary HF rigs would be the 'updated'
> Eagle and the 'updated' Omni VII, whatever names/numbers end up being
> hung on them.
>
> Oh, and I would also (if asked) suggest bringing the Rebel& Patriot
> back sooner than later, and yes, I know that the old CPU is out of
> production and this would require a small redesign. They were selling
> quite well for a while, and it looked as though they were a big hit
> with those interested in Open Source and similar 'mod' projects. Both
> were essentially single board rigs, as I recall, with a simple case.
> Should be easy to put back in production (oh, sure) compared to the other
rigs.
>
> ...and if at all possible, I'd hope Mike can have rigs with him at
> Hamvention (I guess we can't call it Dayton anymore, can we? Xenia
> Hamvention just doesn't have the ring to it though). I think it would
> be a huge postitive PR step to not just SAY that the gear is back in
> production, but to SHOW them, and display them ready for sale NOW. If
> Mike were to ask my opinion, that is, which he has not.
>
> Back to the contest!
>
> 73. ron w3wn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of terry
> foskey via TenTec
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 11:58 AM
> To: TenTec@contesting.com
> Cc: terry foskey
> Subject: [TenTec] Wrong Product - Eagle
>
> I personally believe the Eagle is the wrong product to hang a radio
> restart on. Piggy back on the OMNI VII and Orion 2. Take a form
> factor somewhere near the Omni VII box, slap two eagle receivers in
> it, nice pad adapter screen with an output for a larger screen, IF
> Out and you could compete with elecraft and others. The user
> interface alone on the Tentec will run circles around the Elecraft.
> Perhaps Im wrong but I don't believe the Eagle has the demand.
> N5TFTerry
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