[TenTec] Centurion in the new lineup

[cherry@getnet.net]

Why would they drop the Centurion? It uses the easy to buy 3-500Z's.
The Titan II uses the hard to get 4CX1600B. It would be easy to put 
the Centurion in a black box.
Jim W7ANF

Quoting "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>:

> 
> Thanks Jim,
> 
> After I sent that message, I thought about it some more and concluded that 
> the company would probably continue the Centurion until a point in time when
> 
> revenue would not be enough to support production, and discontinue it, and 
> sell only the Titan II, since it has the newer more generic look.  I bet the
> 
> company strategy, which I think is wise, is to design the accessory products
> 
> so they blend in with a variety of rigs, thereby selling not only to Ten Tec
> 
> devotees but also to the wider ham market for linears, transmatches etc.  
> Instead it sounds like the generic look will be black for everything.  I 
> guess that's called survival.