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Re: [TenTec] Where is TEN-TEC today?

To: John King <k5pgw@yahoo.com>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Where is TEN-TEC today?
From: K8JHR <jrichards@k8jhr.com>
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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:01:16 -0400
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Phooey!                         :-)

Sis, Boom and (especially) Bah (Humbug) to any naysayers! No party poopers allowed at my tail gait party! ;-)

You miss the point. As a "real" TT fan, I am totally immune to any argument based on logic or facts. That mojo just "don't work on me."

(apologies to McKinnley Morganfield, a/k/a Muddy Waters....)   ;-)


So forget the odds. A "real fan" roots for, and expects the best from, his favorite team no matter what the odds are. Remember how bad the Mets were in the beginning. The REAL fans turned out without interruption from the beginning all the way to when they won their first Pennant.

Negative statements have no positive purpose, and only serve to injure team moral and turn potential buyers away - and that, friend, ain't good for the home team. Why be negative? What good does that do? Do you forecast failure because you plan to claim credit for being smart if it all goes wrong?

I don't have to make sense. I am rooting for the home team in spite of the facts, no matter what the odds are. Besides, it is out of our hands, either way.


[all said in good humor, I assure you!]     ;-)     ;-)

Go Team - Sis.   Boom.    Bah!      ;-)   ;-)

---------------  JHR --------------------------



On 7/28/2014 11:16 AM, John King via TenTec wrote:
JR;  I wish Ten Tec the very  best  and may very well buy another Ten Tec since my 
wonderful OMNI VII plus is such a great transceiver and is getting OLD and being  being 
OBSOLETED  to keep up with the "Jones". The Omni VI Plus is, in my opinion, a 
great radio that will do all that the non contesting and ego feeding amateur operator 
needs and would use.

But before you assume that someone, who probably has barely stayed afloat 
themselves, is going to rescue Ten Tec take a look at the unstable history of 
Alpha and its' successors. There are Alpha  Amps out there that you might be 
able to get tubes for or may not.  I feel sure that if they are doing well, it 
is because they may build RF Amps for the medical or industrial field.
There are hams who would pay a Zillion dollars to have a rig that very few 
other hams could buy, but most egos like that cannot be satisfied because their 
wallet or spouse will not allow it.

Over the past years, I have visited Pigeon Forge, Sevierville , visited Ten Tec 
many times and have been to the Ten Tec Fest  .We will be in Pigeon forge for a 
week after we leave the Huntsville Ham fest on our way to Shelby Ham Fest., but 
I see no value in going by just to see my friend Stan.

This is a discussion, not a debate because we all wish the best for Ten Tec, 
but we wish to hear things that are more like the initial cry of a new born 
baby than a death rattle.  Lets talk about Alpha/whatever it is today and then 
maybe we can become more enthused about the marriage. Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW


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On Sun, 7/27/14, K8JHR <jrichards@k8jhr.com> wrote:

  Subject: Re: [TenTec] Where is TEN-TEC today?
  To: "Scott Harwood" <scotthsr@earthlink.net>, "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" 
<tentec@contesting.com>
  Date: Sunday, July 27, 2014, 7:17 PM

  I don't knock any team I am on.

  I do not understand why many TT fans assume the worst, and
  do not expect
  a winning season?   Do they expect failure
  whenever their favorite
  sports team gets a new owner, or hires a new new coach, or
  trades for
  new players?   Do they automatically assume
  the new coach is a dolt and
  incapable of developing a winning strategy?

  All the negative talk suggests some TT fans think new
  management is
  foolish and lacks sufficient business acumen to chart a
  successful course.

  REAL FANS always believe their favorite team will win ...
  always... no
  matter what.   If you predict a loss, you
  "ain't no fan" - cause that is
  tantamount to rooting for the other team.  Even if the
  league leading
  quarterback is injured, you root like Heck for the second
  string
  replacement.  Right?  That is how REAL FANS do
  it.

  So why assume the new regime will fail?  Why not have a
  little faith,
  and assume they know what they are doing?  I do.

  I think it will be better than business as usual.

  Happy days.

  ----------------------- JR ---------------------
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