Are Ten-tecs really so good

[William JOHNSON]

I have been reading the glowing comments about Ten
Tec gear.  I am considering upgrading to something
better than my Triton IV (digital).  My concern about
staying with Ten-tec is that the inside design of the
triton "looks" cheap and Radioshackish compared to
the insides of a Icom or Kenwood of the same era.  

Performance-wise I get an S-9+ pulsing tone on 80
and 20 that comes from the digital clock I think. 
Anyway I have sent it back to Tenn. and they say it is
normal and unfixable.

Are quirks like this engineered out of the newer types?
 I agree the factory is great to deal with, but is the
underlying rig (say an Omni) as good as the best from
across the Pacific?


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/tentecfaq.html
Submissions:              tentec@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  tentec-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 w9tw@contesting.com
Sponsored by:             Akorn Access, Inc & KM9P