[TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?
Simmons, Reid W
reid.w.simmons@intel.com
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:34:16 -0800
Do you know how the name "Electro-Voice" came about?
Since I am from SW Michigan where Electro-Voice currently resides, the story
we heard was that Knute Rockne (legendary ND Football coach and professor of
Chemistry) needed a device that he could use during practice so that the
team members could clearly hear him. This company (then in South Bend,
Indiana I believe) built him a PA system that Knute referred to as his
"Electric Voice". At least that's the story as told around that part of the
country. That was back in the 1930s so some embellishment of the story
since then is quite possible. Some say that there were also some ties to
the Heath Company but I could never substantiate that.
Reid, K7YX
-----Original Message-----
From: Winston F. Jones [mailto:winjones@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:31 PM
To: Steve Ellington; Carl Moreschi
Cc: tentec
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?
I'd like to see a book written on Tec Tec's history, similar to what John
Loughmiller recently did with R. L. Drake (January, QST review). Since
Ten-Tec's founders are still living (as far as I know), it should be easy to
put together the history of the company, with lineage of all their products.
I understand the Ten-Tec story is quite interesting. The company was started
in 1968 by Al Kahn, who had been president of Electro-Voice. The way I heard
it, he came to Sevierville to set up an Electro-Voice plant. He liked the
area so much, he decided to retire there and set up his own company --
Ten-Tec.
73, Winston K4CWQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>
To: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@earthlink.net>
Cc: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 14:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?
>
> This makes one appreciate the Power Mite series which just converted RF to
> AF with no IF.
>
> >
> > The Delta 1 is a double conversion receiver. The first IF is 11 to 11.5
mHz
> > and the second IF is 6.3 mHz.
> > It stands by itself in this scheme. The Tritons, Argonaut I, OMNI A+D,
C,
> > Corsair I and II, are essentially single coversion
> > receivers using a 9 mHz IF. The Corsair's had an extra conversion from
9
> > mHz to 6.3 mHz and back
> > to 9 mHz for passband tuning. The OMNI V and VI also use the same
scheme as
> > the Corsair's.
> >
> > I do not know the scheme in the Delta II and Argonaut II.
> >
> > The Paragon I and II , up converted to 72 mHz and then to 9 mHz, also
with
> > the passband tuning
> > scheme going form 9 to 6.3 to 9.
> >
> > The Pegasus, Jupiter, and RX-320 up convert to 45 mHz, then 455 kHz,
then
> > 12 kHz for DSP.
> >
> > Carl Moreschi N4PY
> > Franklinton, North Carolina
> > n4py@earthlink.net
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf@qsl.net>
> > To: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> > Cc: "Paul R. Valko" <prvalko@oakland.edu>; "Kevin L Anderson"
> > <k9iua@juno.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Rather than a souped-up Argosy, I think that the Delta I was closer to
> > > a stripped-down Corsair I. I beleive that the Delta and the Corsair
> > > used the same i.f. frequencies and conversion scheme.
> > >
> > > Bob WB2VUF
> > >
> > > Steve Ellington wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Where are we going to fit the Delta 580 and Delta II, two unrelated
> > rigs?
> > > > The Delta 580 was sort of a souped up Argosy while the Delta II was
a
> > > > pre-Paragon and almost ahead of it's time.
> > > > Steve Ellington
> > > > N4LQ
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Paul R. Valko <prvalko@oakland.edu>
> > > > To: Kevin L Anderson <k9iua@juno.com>
> > > > Cc: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > > Date: Sunday, January 07, 2001 8:18 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Lineage of Transceivers ?
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Kevin L Anderson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Has there been published anywhere a chart
> > > > >> that indicates the lineage of the transceivers,
> > > > >> in both their years of production and what
> > > > >> evolved from what?
> > > > >
> > > > >Here's a start. Let me know when you get the rest completed and
we'll
> > > > >make it official!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >QRP Rigs
> > > > >Power Mite 1, 2, 3 ==> Argonaut 505/509/515 ==> Argonaut II ==>
Argo
> > > > >
> > > > >Mid-power
> > > > >Century 21 ==> Century 22 ==> Argosy ==> Argosy II ==> Scout
> > > > >
> > > > >Full-sixe/performance
> > > > >Triton I => Triton II => Triton IV => Omni A/B/C => Corsair =>
> > (continued)
> > > > >Corsair II => Omni V => Omni VI => Omni VI+
> > > > >
> > > > >Empty-state station
> > > > >TX-100, RX-10, VFO 200
> > > > >
> > > > >Wacky PLL attempt
> > > > >Paragon
> > > > >
> > > > >Radio/PC hybrid
> > > > >Pegasus ==> Jupiter
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >73! =paul= W8KC
> > > > >Collector of Ten*Tecs and other fine plastics.
> > > > > Visit the Virtual Ten*Tec Museum at:
> > > > > <http://www.acs.oakland.edu/~prvalko>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> Steve Ellington N4LQ
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