[TenTec] DSP Engine in New Rig?

James Parsons James Parsons" <k5rov@arrl.net
Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:32:51 -0500


Am I wasting bandwidth here? I have a few TenTec items here including my
Centaur. I am planning on buying another old Corsair II just to play with (I
really liked that rig). But no new TenTecs at this time. It sound to me like
you only want to hear good things about TenTec. If that is the case you
should just shut down your computer. All manufacturers have good points and
bad point and we need to point them out. I do that on the other reflectors
as I also own Yaesu, Kenwood and Icom. Get real!

73 de Jim, K5ROV...

James (Jim) Parsons, K5ROV,   CMSgt, USAF, Ret.,   Ham for over 60 yrs.
k5rov@arrl.net,     QCWA, ARCI, Fists, ARRL, ARMS.
EX: W1RLA, K5FBB, K4FEO, SV0WN (CRETE), SV0WN (RHODES),
DL4NC, DL4JP, KA2FC (JAPAN), KA2JP (JAPAN).
JOHN 3:16



----- Original Message -----
From: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 10:14 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] DSP Engine in New Rig?


>
> Then why are you wasting bandwidth here?  I have had horrible experiences
> with "Jappy rigs" over the years and no longer own any and won't buy any,
> but I don't waste bandwidth on those lists telling them about it.
>
> Reid, K7YX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Parsons [mailto:res075cz@gte.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:30 PM
> To: Frank Gilmore; wo8l@att.net
> Cc: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] DSP Engine in New Rig?
>
>
> This  is the reason I stopped buying TenTec. I operate primarily (95
> percent) CW. I bought three Scouts at different times, one new, two used
> from TenTec. Each one had considerable drift at 25 WPM and above. When I
> contacted TenTec about it they made excuses for it and told me to "pause"
to
> give the microprocessor time to catch up. I don't believe that is state of
> the art engineering. I find they make excuses for other shortcomings in
> other gear. I would much rather they make a cure than give excuses.
>
> Don't misunderstand me; they give great service and put out a super
> product. But in those areas  where there are problems they tend to make
> excuses rather than make modifications. The quality of switches in my
> CENTAUR linear amplifier should have been changed right from the start. I
> got excuses about those also, and two free switches to replace them as
they
> went out.
>
> Just my experiences...now I am afraid to buy from them....(yes,  after
over
> 60 years of buying ham gear, I can quote problems with other companies
> also!).
>
> 73 de Jim, K5ROV...
>
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