To: | tentec@contesting.com |
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Subject: | [TenTec] DXing and Contesting. |
From: | "Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <sales@tentec.com> |
Reply-to: | tentec@contesting.com |
Date: | Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:56:46 -0500 |
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Art B. wrote: >Naturally their gear would be used. Either Ten Tec has chosen not to sponsor any DX Peditions or >they are generally not asked to donate gear for such use. I don't think the operational features have >much to do with the decisions. Ten-Tec stopped loaning equipment for DXpeditions many years ago, before my arrival here in 1995. My understanding from some of the OT's in the building was that a number of expeditions had transceivers that were either not returned at all (several instances) or in unsalvageable condition when returned (at least one that I am aware of.....) - no finger pointing specifically, but it hasn't left a very good impression many years later. We do receive the occasional request, but they are fairly seldom as most of the seasoned expeditioners know that we don't loan gear any longer. Also written: >Ok, So no contest wins with TT equip? I find that hard to believe. Maybe I >should be looking at sites devoted to contesting only for my answer. W4ZV's >Numbers are impressive, considering who / what he was up against. Er - I really don't know how to put this without it sounding like I'm inflating my own ego, but I have won a bunch of contests over the past 5 years using our transceivers, including the IARU HF Radiosport, ARRL DX CW, NAQP CW, the QRP category in Sweepstakes 4 years in a row and setting the CW-only score record in the 1999 ARRL 10 meter contest when I won operating from W4AN (this score record has been broken and is now held by W4ZV). Numerous other top 10 finishes in there as well . . . Most of these were using a pair of Omni-VI Plus transceivers, unless I was out of state operating, where I used my Omni-VI Plus taken on the plane and whatever else was available where I went. For an example of my contest madness, read the 2001 ARRL DX CW write-up I did after operating at K5ZD with my VI+ and Randy's FT1000D as the #2 radio. www.qsl.net/ei8ic/contest/w4pa.html A chief advantage Ten-Tec has, in my view, is that we know what every other manufacturer's radios are capable of (or not) under contest conditions. The number of transceivers from various manufacturers in use for contesting has a lot more to do with market share of transceiver sales than strictly radio performance. If radio performance were the primary factor in determining what is and is not used at contest stations, it would be a lot different. The numbers for the Omni-VI Plus - and soon, the Orion - versus other transceiver manufacturers from ARRL Product Reviews are a matter of record. I've often wondered what some of the top operators would be capable of if using one of our rigs versus our competitors. Still do. 73 Scott Robbins W4PA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ten-Tec, Inc., 1185 Dolly Parton Pkwy, Sevierville, TN 37862 USA Contact Mon-Fri Eastern: Office/Tech (865) 453-7172 9 am-5 pm. Repair (865) 428-0364 8-4. Sales (800) 833-7373 9 am-5:30 pm. Fax (865) 428-4483 24 hrs. Visit us at <http://www.tentec.com> Email: New product sales/product info sales@tentec.com Service department service@tentec.com While we make every effort to answer email in an expedient manner, the telephone is a much more efficient tool for getting a quicker and more complete answer to your inquiries. Thanks! _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec |
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