[TenTec] KB7OEX: TenTec Blinders

[Jeff Peacock]

For those of you that haven't you should really listen to a Jupiter.
INCREDIBLE!!!!
Jeff
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter S Delesandri" <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
To: <CYR999@extremezone.com>
Cc: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] KB7OEX: TenTec Blinders


>
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:28:56 -0700 (MST) CYR999@extremezone.com wrote:
> > Hi folks -
> >
> > For whatever it's worth, I'd like to suggest that its easy to put on
"blinders"
> > in the name of devotion to TenTec products.
>
> The blind devotion to Ten Tec products, usually by those who work nearly
100%
> cw, and prefer American made products, is legendary.  From the Triton I
forward,
> Ten Tec has alway had "quality of finish/construction" issues...sometimes,
> as in the early and/or smaller units, to a laughable degree!...The
Triton(s),
> Argosy/Delta, and Scout were perceived to be a joke by non-tentec
devotees.
> ANY Japanese rig, on first inspection, beat the HELL out of T/T on
features,
> cosmetics, (perceived) quality of construction, etc...
> The actual results, however, were different...the Triton is still viable,
> 25 years later...try to get repairs/parts by talking to Kenwood about your
> 520S!!!...
> >
> > Excellent user interface and cosmetics should be a GIVEN in this price
range.
> The very term "user interface" is NOT what T/T is, and has been,
about!...My
> 1975 Triton II is a junky, awkward, rig....only by using it on CW (with a
> top-of-the-line Yaesu to compare to, at a friend's QTH) do you begin to
> understand what tentec had going...I dabble in used gear, and have owned
dozens...
> My favorite is the early US/solid state stuff...lotsa junk there to dabble
with...
> AND the TenTec Triton/Delta/Argosy/Corsair had the BEST receivers of all
the gear
> I've used...
> >
> > What we should be discussing is a receiver that is so quiet, so
efficient, etc
> > etc etc, you wouldn't think of going to the competition.
> Well, I've not used the latest (Jupiter/Orion), but at least until the
OmniV/VII,
> your own words describe T/T...the RX is the quietest/most efficient/most
pleasant
> to listen to of any I've observed...Period...I hope/expect that this trend
will
> continue at T/T with their new gear.  If anything, I'm WORRIED that T/T is
trying to
> cater to the feature conscious, SSB/Contest crowd....I HOPE they don't
lose their
> way....
> If only they'd make the equivalent of the K2, CW only,up to  50W,
etc....at a sub $500
> price point...maybe soon...
> >
> If you don't primarily work CW, and if you judge gear by look/features,
you'll
> probably NEVER be satisfied with Ten Tec...but God, what RX
performance!!!--
> but then, I liked Drake junk, too, so what do I know?....HI>>>
>
> Walt
>
>
>
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