Hi folks - Got all kinds of interesting responses both direct and on the TT reflector......among them was Ron's interesting comment: "I worked at a local store, now closed, and TenTec had a dealer ne
Seems like I ordered my Ten Tec Model 544 in 1976/77 from a dealer in North Carolina. I am guessing when they went to direct sales but my guess is around 1986. Hopefully someone on the list will kno
I'll bet that the dealer may have been Slep Radio & Electronics in Otto, NC. Bill Slep was a real NAME who is largely uncelebrated in Amateur Radio. Knew EVERYBODY and was an elmer to me too. Mark, K
Tim, I don't remember exactly when TenTec went factory only, but it was sometime in the very late 1980's or early 1990's. Hopefully Scott will chime in here with the date, I'm sure he has it in his r
<< Also, I got the overall impression that the Kenwood 850S is used quite abit, especially in Europe, by a lot of contest enthusiasts. >> I recall seeing a survey done by RSGB and published in RADCOM
Author: geraldj@isunet.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer)
Date: Fri Jan 31 15:21:45 2003
Both RSGB and the DL club magazine reviews of the 850 were most complimentary about the radio's handling of strong adjacent frequency signals. Glowing to be more precise. It was the best they'd ever
It's too bad that there isn't a good, fair, and viable way to go back and re-review all of those older radios back to about 1950 or so using the same test methodologies and criteria that the ARRL and
Author: geraldj@isunet.net (Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer)
Date: Fri Jan 31 17:37:53 2003
Sherwood (who sells receiver modifications) has a web page with many such IP3, dynamic range and phase noise tests. Many of the early (50s and 60s) radios didn't perform well. Often limited by the sm