[TenTec] re: ten tec junk

[Tony Martin]

...and not to forget, TenTec makes a lot of items that are not
necessarily related to Amateur Radio.  If you tour their facility you
will see samples of items they have made over the years.  Nice folks
doing nice work for nice hams  8-(

Tony, W4FOA


"Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" wrote:
> 
> >2 years ago while doing some travelling I had the =
> >chance to go by and see the TT factory. I was totally unimpressed.
> 
> That's probably a fairly common reaction.  When I went to the factory about
> 7 years ago I naively expected to find some huge chugging operation running
> 2 or 3 shifts; something like the Chrysler Neon factory near here (okay
> that's an exaggeration but you know what I mean).  Without thinking about it
> the large product line gave me big expectations.  The reality is that they
> have one or two production lines; I think they run an assy. of one item long
> enough to make enough units for a few month's sales and switch to something
> else they are running low on.  I'd bet that 90% of the exclusively amateur
> product companies could each almost fit in our garages.  TT (and MFJ I
> guess) are the American biggies in this industry now.
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
> 
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