Life moves on... I wish Heathkit still existed.
-Eric
W9WLW
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> 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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>> 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
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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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