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Subject: | Re: [TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion a bit premature? |
From: | "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com> |
Reply-to: | Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com> |
Date: | Thu, 03 May 2007 22:22:55 +0000 |
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Farming out work is not always a good thing (for reasons that have nothing to do with ham radio) depending on the circumstances. If a small shop has some piecemeal work or highly specialized work that needs to be done but not enough to keep a full-time employee occupied, that's one thing. An auto shop sending out automatic transmission work for example. However, it becomes a problem when a business farms out work to get out of establishing a full-time job and paying benefits and medical insurance. There are a lot of people these days who are "employed" but not really employed, if you define employed as meaning a fair wage possibly with collective bargaining. Politicians like to talk about all the jobs being created and the low unemployment, but they are mostly part-time or on-call jobs and not the kind of jobs that give people financial security and a future. If Ten Tec creates good jobs by not farming out work, more power to them because we need those jobs. Unrelated note: When you shop at stores with "self-checkout" do you use those facilities? If you do, you are helping retail businesses use machines to avoid creating jobs that people need. 73, rob / k5uj Ron.... from the prospective of these dinky American radio companies (Flex and Elecraft) , why would they lie and put out bad info? We all know that both these companies are credible with their products' claims. I do not see them needing to do this because they went outside their company for firmware / software design. This is completely documented. Ten-Tec, on the other hand announced today that all software / firmware work on Orion / Orion II / OMNI VII and others was all done in house. These little companies went out of house to have a really nice and functional product. I look forward to confirmation of the numbers by ARRL and others. Not buying Ten Tec any time soon! From what I read, they should probably seek outside help for their software as well.... at least for the ORION's. 73's Dick W5AK _________________________________________________________________ Download Messenger. Join the i?m Initiative. Help make a difference today. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_APR07 _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec |
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