Glad to here it Scott, I stand corrected!
73,
Eric
At 12:23 PM 6/10/2002 -0400, Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales wrote:
>Hello:
>
> >The 516 seems to be a nice little radio and I'm sure the electronics
> inside are fabulous, but man am >I disappointed in the ABS plastic main
> knob. As much as I try to overlook the aesthetics of a good >radio, it
> troubles me to pay $795 for plastic that looks like something from a toy.
> A miniature version >of the knobs used on the big Ten-Tec rigs would have
> been far more fitting.
>
>
>As noted in the product literature and on our web site, the knob for the
>516 is
>going to be cast zinc with a "finger hole" on the front. The mold for die
>casting
>the knob was not ready as of last week. The knob on the front of the 516
>that we've been showing at hamfests is the same plastic one as used on the
>526 VHF transceiver, but will not be the actual knob used in production of the
>transceiver when released.
>
>Scott Robbins, W4PA
>
>
>
>
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