Thanks for the links here and info sent to
me directly. I'm happy to hear there is
light at the end of the tunnel and
especially happy that TenTec has been
given a fresh breath.
I've always appreciated the integrity of
the original TenTec corporation and look
forward to seeing the new owner's efforts
succeed.
73,
Gary
KA1J
>
> Unfortunately, you'll also get exposed to certain members of what some
> of us politely call the "Funeral Committee".
>
> They're easy enough to recognize. They're the ones standing with
> their proverbial shovels around the metaphorical grave that they've
> already dug for Ten-Tec (and Alpha for that matter), and are getting
> very impatient that they don't have a dead company or two to bury yet.
>
> And if that sounds like a reenactment of a scene from a film involving
> a British comedy troupe and medieval artifacts... you wouldn't be far
> off...
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernie Skoch via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com>
> To: Gary <Gary@ka1j.com>; tentec <tentec@contesting.com>
> Cc: Bernie Skoch <k5xs@aol.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jun 13, 2017 1:54 pm
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Current state of TenTec?
>
> Gary,
>
>
> There is a lot of emotion here, but the thread at the link below is a
> long discussion on current goings on.
>
>
> If you can ignore some of the ugliness, it gives you a pretty good
> review of where Ten Tec is.
>
>
> http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,115081.0.html
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Bernie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Smith <Gary@ka1j.com>
> To: tentec <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jun 13, 2017 12:46 pm
> Subject: [TenTec] Current state of TenTec?
>
> TenTec has always been close to me, When
> deciding which radio would be better than
> my TR7, the then new Corsair II caught my
> eye and I've had it ever since. I
> inherited an Omni V and though it was a
> fine radio, it was not as reliable as the
> Corsair so I let it go.
>
> I was deciding between the Orion 2 & the
> Elecraft K3 and was put off by how
> infrequently the updates to the Orion were
> being made and impressed with the
> frequency of the updates to the K3, so I
> went with the K3.
>
> I've always loved TenTec, partially
> because they were made in the USA, I'd
> been to the plant in Sevierville but
> mostly what a fantastic radio the Corsair
> was and it did everything asked of it and
> was reliable.
>
> I knew the company had been sold and
> things were up in the air a couple years
> ago but last night I went to the TenTec
> website and when I clicked on the
> different radios my browser warned me the
> HTTPS was not valid so I had to remove
> that from the url and then I could get to
> the pages. The Omni 7 said not available
> and overall I was surprised with the
> non-functioning web pages. That, and
> they're not making the Omni 7 any more.
>
> What's the status of the company? Are they
> now like Colins, National & Drake or is
> the ham aspect still alive?
>
> Thanks & 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
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