Re: [TenTec] Tennessee Dreamin'

[Anthony Luscre K8ZT <aluscre@neo.rr.com>]

Ron
I owned one second hand the 80 meter version. It was CW/SSB but not well 
designed for CW.
Coincidently the Dentron "factory" was just across town here in Stow, OH.

I was a Tech at the time and I wanted the six meter version and would 
stop in every few weeks and they would say it would be a week or two. 
They never did produce it and one day when I went there the doors were 
closed and soon another business moved in.
I  sold the 80 meter rig at a know forgotten Northeast Ohio Hamfest 
years ago. I also had one of the main Mizhou (sp?) boards that they were 
based on and sold it to a G-QRP member visiting Dayton form UK.
There was one on e-Bay this week 40 meter version I think (actually I 
think 40 and 80, plus maybe 20 meter were the only units actually produced.)
Anthony

Ron Notarius wrote:

> For some reason, that reminds me... and my apologies for going slightly off
> topic here...
>
> One of the last products announced by the second coming of Dentron (circa
> 1983-4) were a bunch of single band radios; don't remember now if they were
> CW/SSB or SSB only, and I think they had an output around 25 watts.  I
> remember seeing them being sold at a huge discount at Dayton that year...
> and passing because the band I wanted was no longer available (bad mistake)
> as I discovered the table in the flea market Sunday morning shortly after
> arriving.  Dentron disappeared for good shortly thereafter.
>
> Anyone else remember these rigs, or even get their hands on one?  Are any
> still around anywhere?
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Donovan" <n5xm@alltel.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 3:47 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Tennessee Dreamin'
>
>
>  
>
> >      I was working a fellow TT owner on CW on 20m this afternoon, and our
> > conversation led to the interesting question of "what rigs would you like
> >    
> to
>  
>
> > see TT bring out for their loyal users?"  I would like a series of 100W
> > CW-only radios, each for one band only.  As the TT habit is one that lasts
> >    
> a
>  
>
> > lifetime, in ten years, at say, 800.00 a pop, you could eventually end up
> > with an incredible shack.  They could even make SSB only individual band
> > rigs for those of us who like microphones (!?), and we could mix and match
> > for whatever kind of setup we wanted.
> >      I would also like to see a 100W TT mobile rig.  That way, I could
> > learn to do mobile CW...as it is, I sure hate the thought of having to
> >    
> spend
>  
>
> > good money on a non-TT rig.  If you could ask TT to do put out a new rig,
> > what would it be?
> >      I sure learn a lot from all you super intelligent mavens here.  I'm
> > good on theory, but prefer to be a simple, very active CW op.  Any
> >    
> thoughts
>  
>
> > from you good folks?  Rich, n5xm
> >
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