[TenTec] Re: Titan III Color

[Steve Ellington]

Woops. Sorry Benton. Would your last name happen to be Harbor?
Steve
N4LQ

----- Original Message -----
From: "JBA" <uoba@satx.rr.com>
To: "Steve Ellington" <N4LQ@iglou.com>; <Wa4aos@aol.com>; "Jim Miller"
<k4sqr@juno.com>
Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Titan III Color


> Horrible Heathkit Green?????
> STOP IT STEVE!!!!
> :-)
> de Benton wb5twc
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ellington" <N4LQ@iglou.com>
> To: <Wa4aos@aol.com>; "Jim Miller" <k4sqr@juno.com>
> Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 8:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Titan III Color
>
>
> > I'm setting here looking at my Kenwood and TenTec equipment wondering
what
> > all the fuss is about color. The Kenwood is two shades of gray. The
Delta
> is
> > a olive gray. The Omni C is black and chrome and my Hercules II is light
> > gray with some black buttons. The IC-706 is black all over and my Heath
> > DX-20 is gray. The HQ-150 is 2 tone gray, Triton IV is black with silver
> and
> > the Knight T60 is gray.
> > My older TT stuff is cream colored with wood grain contact paper.
> > My PC and monitor are white but I wish they were black. At our company,
> IBM
> > has started shipping black PCs and monitors. They look so much better in
a
> > business enviroment than the white PCs.
> > I think TenTec's change of color is symbolic of them moving into a new
> > generation of digital technology. To have kept the same color scheme may
> > have been more negative to potential buyers.
> > So thanks for not making it blue to match my Tek scopes or that horrible
> > Heathkit green. BMW black with chrome wheels is just fine.
> > Steve
> > N4LQ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Miller" <k4sqr@juno.com>
> > To: <Wa4aos@aol.com>
> > Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 2:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Titan III Color
> >
> >
> > > Glen & Readers;
> > >
> > > At the March 2002 Charlotte Hamfest, with the RX-340 receiver to its
> > > right, the Orion simply looked ugly and I stated this to Scott
Robbins.
> > > He later inferred ALL Amateur lines will go to black soon. He seemed
to
> > > take the comments personally, stating "Here comes trouble" when I
> > > returned to look at it again Sunday morning. And no, he was not
smiling
> .
> > > So that is a big strike if this is Ten-Tec's "new road" to ignore
> > > current/past customers opinions.
> > > Too bad Ten-Tec is giving up the Omni gray color so popular these past
> 15
> > > + - years  to copy "JA Black".
> > > I believe the Centurion is now all black.
> > > As I told Scott, I will not buy a new Orion, because I have to look at
> my
> > > purchase when operating.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jim, K4SQR
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:41:29 EDT Wa4aos@aol.com writes:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Sure would be nice if some of the Titan III's come in Corsair Gray
> > > > to Match
> > > > the Omni 6 and others. A black Orion look a like would be VERY ugly
> > > > next to
> > > > the Omni 6, Corsair II, Paragon and other rigs...Maybe a small
> > > > production run
> > > > in C.G. ????
> > > >
> > > > Glenn WA4AOS
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