Duane,
I attended an engineering seminar several years ago at which the principal
speaker was head of the industrial engineering department of a major
southern university. He told us his definition of gross ignorance was 144
EE's in one room!
Regards,
Frank, K4VMO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1@gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Status of New Display Board for OMNI VII
Carl,
Regarding the discussion you had with the engineer at Dayton, I also
had a similar chat, except it was the firmware that was ready for release,
and the hardware sweep card still had a couple of (or few, I don't recall
the exact word) months left before release. However, anyone who talks
with
development engineers should always bear in mind that these are the most
optimistic people in the world when it comes to schedules. They're always
surprised when things don't work the first (or second, or third) time they
try them out. Trust me, I work in development test and deal with DE's all
the time. Now, that doesn't mean that TT shouldn't manage their message
at
Dayton and at other shows, but I suspect they still like to enjoy the
close
relationship with many of us hams. With Elecraft raising the bar on how
to
work with customers, I think we'll see TT grow to meet the expectations we
have for them. At least I hope we will. Scott's new web page is a good
start.
Duane
Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Carl J. Denbow
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:45 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Status of New Display Board for OMNI VII
Well, Mike, this is most distressing. My friend is going to be
furious. I'm a little upset myself, because I was told by the engineer
responsible for the board that the one he had at Dayton was final test
version, and it was going into production shortly after the Hamvention.
He apologized for the delay and said that it was a more complicated
project than he'd at first thought but that it was now finally ready to
be produced. I asked him to hold the board up so that I could take a
picture of it. I showed this photo to my friend as proof that the board
was on its way and that any further delay would be a short one measured
in months not years. In fact, I remember that I actually placed a
mobile phone call to my friend to give him a live, first-hand report
from the Dayton Hamvention with the good news. In addition to his Orion
II he owns several other pieces of Ten-Tec gear. The way he was talking
he will sell all of it and swear never to buy a piece of TT gear again
if my report from Dayton turns out to have been false. IMHO, this is
not a good way to run a business. Personally, I'm not planning on
selling my OMNI VII over this issue, but it does leave a bad taste in my
mouth.
73,
Carl
N8VZ
Mike Christiansen wrote:
Carl, that is a brand new webpage the Tentec just put up last week, so
the information IMO is current. This may not be the news your friend
was hoping for
Mike, N4GW
On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
Thanks, Mike. If this is not an old, not-updated post, I was lied to
at
Dayton. I was shown a prototype board and was told it was ready for
production. In fact, I was told that the week after Dayton they would
be having a production meeting and that the board would be ready for
general sales within three months or so. A friend of mine who
bought an
ORION II about three years ago was told at that time that the board
would be ready "in a few months." He's ready to ditch his Ten-Ten
equipment he is so mad about this issue. When I gave him the
information from Dayton, including my live sitting of the prototype
board, he calmed down a little and said he'd give Ten-Tec a few more
months. In short, I hope what I was told at Dayton is more accurate
than this link. Perhaps, at this juncture Ten-Tec's recent "sins" are
no more than not updating a web page! :-)
Mike Christiansen wrote:
Check this link at the Tentec site. it should answer your questions
http://radio.tentec.com/status/
On Aug 17, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
Does anyone know the status the new display board that is coming out
for
the OMNI VII and ORION II? I saw a prototype at Dayton and was
assured
that it was ready for production. This board will allow, among
other
things, for real time, continuous spectrum scope (like the ICOM 756
pro
series has). I'm really looking forward to this new board, which is
supposed to cost in the $300.00 range.
Carl
N8VZ
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