For cryin' out loud... Re: [TenTec] Powermite Users Group?

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

This all reminds me of some years ago when just about everyone wanted a 2
meter repeater.  They cobbled up one, put it on the air and then wondered
why there was no one using their repeater.  Then they wondered why there
were no more frequencies available to be coordinated.
Simple........overpopulation.

Same true for multiple reflectors.  I say use this one wisely and all will
benefit.

73
Bob, K4TAX

----- Original Message -----
From: <n4lq@iglou.com>
To: "Ed Tanton" <n4xy@earthlink.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: For cryin' out loud... Re: [TenTec] Powermite Users Group?


> Like most of us, we are interested in ALL TenTec products but we don't
> want to belong to 18 different reflectors. Now everyone wants to be Mr.
> Moderator I suppose and all it accomplishes a inflated ego.
> I am more interested in old TenTec products such as the Corsair, Omni C
> etc. but you don't see me starting another reflector for TenTec
> boatanchors do you???? Well at least you didn't put it on Yahoo.Com.
>
> N4LQ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Tanton <n4xy@earthlink.net>
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 22:42:20 -0500
> Subject: Re: For cryin' out loud... Re: [TenTec] Powermite Users Group?
>
> > Hello Paul... et al... I'm certain we are (or at least: "were") as
> > welcome
> > as anyone on the "REAL Ten*Tec reflector" Paul... but there's nothing
> > at
> > all wrong with a discussion group about a sub-topic that... well... has
> > nothing but a logo to do with all the very fine NEW stuff being
> > produced. I
> > seriously doubt anyone would have ever said a word when details about
> > improving PowerMites, or about PowerMite-to-PowerMite QSOs, were
> > threaded
> > over and over again. After all, they ARE Ten* Tec's too. Yet, many
> > DELETE
> > keys would have been worked very hard clearing out the PM stuff many TT
> > aficionados aren't the least bit interested in.
> >
> > OTOH... as much as I like Ten*Tec-the-company, there's NO CHANCE
> > anywhere
> > in the near future I can afford the nice one. I just wish I could
> > afford to
> > get my (or another one like it) OMNI VI back. The idea of $4000 for ANY
> > Ham
> > Radio XCVR in THIS economy continues to boggle my mind. As I have said
> > before, and pointedly to TT management,  the idea of $4000 for an
> > otherwise-modern Ham Radio XCVR   ** with a B&W screen **   utterly
> > BLOWS
> > mind. (Yes I know: no one would have heard more than the slightest
> > little
> > "pop" when it went.) IF I had the $4000 to spare, I would immediately
> > buy
> > the nice RX-340 TT Receiver... but certainly not an that expensive an
> > XCVR
> > from anyone. That fact limits my interest in the majority of the posts
> > on
> > the reflector... but I wouldn't dream of leaving (well... voluntarily,
> > anyway). I love the company, I love the OMNI VI, and I have an abiding
> > interest in that truly small subtopic: the PowerMite. (OK... I also OWN
> > (and like to read about) the Argonaut II and the PARAGON... and would
> > like
> > to get a good example of the '509.)
> >
> > What does the paragraph above have to do with a spin-off TT-PM
> > reflector?
> > It is meant to illustrate that with the diversity of products from
> > TT-versus detailed commentary on a "Vintage Solid State" rig that is
> > technically somewhere near the Solid-State Stone Age; with that
> > diversity,
> > some-if not many-people might not so be interested in frequent,
> > detailed
> > QSO accounts of TT-PM users-much less DC receiver improvements on a
> > try-this-then-try-that basis, for a 30+ year old QRP XCVR.
> >
> > What I suppose I resent here is the tone of your note Paul. If it had
> > been
> > PRIVATE, I would have merely been somewhat offended. It sounds haughty.
> > As
> > a PUBLIC comment, it takes on different implications, and I am
> > thoroughly
> > offended, instead. It sounds as if "we three" are up to something; or
> > have,
> > in some way, intentionally insulted the reflector. I do not personally
> > believe that anyone intended any such thing. If the Interest Group
> > crashes
> > and burns for lack of interest, then so be it. That'll be just fine. It
> > sounded like a good idea at the time (to me, anyway.)
> >
> > If ANYTHING significant (technically speaking) about PowerMites had
> > come
> > up, I would have been the first to transport it over. Now I am less
> > certain
> > that I would care to.
> >
> > I have to be missing something here.
> >
> > Regardless, this will be my last Reflector-wide comment on the subject.
> > I
> > will not be drawn into a mud-slinging contest for any reason. If I have
> > anything else to say, it will be PRIVATE w/o regard for other future
> > "PUBLIC" comments by anyone.
> >
> >
> >
> > 73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy@earthlink.net>
> >
> > Ed Tanton N4XY
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