[TenTec] Jupiter Microphone?

[Steve Ellington]

Now now....be nice Mike.

Steve Ellington N4LQ.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <N4NT@charter.net>
To: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Jupiter Microphone?


> Is this a rhetorical question?  I mean......like......who cares?
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ellington" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> To: <w8au@sssnet.com>; "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>;
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Jupiter Microphone?
>
>
> Interesting! All of the Hallicrafters CBs included mics. Maybe they
started
> it. I'm not sure which rig TenTec first included a mic. no which import. I
> think the Omni series came with a mic but I can't think of any JA rigs
that
> did so in the 70s and 80s.
> Anyone got the story on this?
> Steve Ellington N4LQ.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <w8au@sssnet.com>
> To: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>; <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Jupiter Microphone?
>
>
> > At 12:46 PM 10/06/2002 -0400, Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote:
> > >2.    I think Ten-Tec holds themselves to a higher quality standard
than
> at
> > >least some of the other manufacturer's, so whatever the actual cost of
> the
> > >mike would, I'm sure they would use a higher quality one.
> > >3.    Cost to manufacturer is irrelevant.  Do you really think that
just
> > >because the cost of the mike might be $10-$15-$20, that's all that SOME
> > >manufacturer's would raise the cost of the radio?
> >
> > ETC, ETC............
> >
> > Ron, you could also have mentioned that originally, no manufacturers
> > included mikes with radios.... (or keys, either!)
> > Hallicrafters, National, RME, Collins, etc. provided a Hi-Z input and
> > hams did the rest, depending on their tastes....
> >
> > This "mike included" idea must have originated in the Far East!
> >
> > You might remember that TenTec was founded by Al Kahn, who had
> > founded Electro-Voice, which bought RME, etc.   (or vice versa?)  Al was
> > one of the
> > pioneer manufacturers....
> >
> > Ironically, Al Kahn built microphones at EV...  :-)
> >
> > Ah, history..... isn't it grand...
> >
> > Perry
>
>