Will there be a new flagship product?? Traditionally, the new one is
announced/released before discontinuing the old one.
Ted W4NZ
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From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
chacuff@cableone.net
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 10:33 AM
To: Roger Rippy; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 situation
I have two Omni IV+s, one a parts radio that I have hopes of repairing...hate
to see good gear sitting sadly not working.
Love my Orion II... Would like to play with an Eagle and the new Argo and will
be buying the new Rebel...what an interesting concept.
I don't imagine Icom is selling too many 7800’s. A buddy of mine is the local
Icom dealer and he has sold two in the several years he has been a
dealer...both were discounted repacks and one was for his wife. As far as the
FT-5000 I expect that product to go the way of the FT-2000 in a year or two due
to the changes of ownership and leadership direction at Yaesu. Right now I
don’t know what that company's direction is...not wild about the new products
they are delivering. The Kenwood TS-990 looks great but....too many questions
yet.
I’m a big fan of the Icom 7700/7800 build quality...but that said it has it’s
problems too...
Would offer to sit on a focus group for a new flagship Ten-Tec rig and am
always open to Beta test work. Have done both before for business band
products. Hope to retire to the east TN area in the next 5 years...tired of
the humidity and the hurricanes....😊
Cecil Acuff
Gulfport MS
K5DL
From: Roger Rippy
Sent: June 30, 2013 7:21 AM
To: TenTec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 2 situation
I have re-read Jim Wharton's open letter to the group a couple of times and I
cannot help but wonder what the details were that led to this decision.
Typically, a business will continue with a product as long as there is
sufficient demand (Supply & Demand = Cost). With the Kenwood 990 at $8K; the
Icom 7800 at $13K; and the Yaseu FTDX at whatever $$$, I might suspect that the
demand for this fine radio did not warrant a price increase and continued
production. Oh well, the Omni 6 and Triton 4 are running well at the moment and
my next new radio is in the UPS pipeline this weekend. Now to deal with this
weekend's propagation! hi hi I certainly hope that TT produces another high
quality radio in the not-too-distant future. 73s W7RIP
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