[TenTec] Ten-Tec trivia

[Winston F. Jones]

The changeover to direct factory sales appears in Ten-Tec's QST ads in mid-1992, around June, I think. However, some of the dealers still had Ten-Tec stock and were advertising it in the same issue. I think the Omni-VI had just come out. The Ham Station was one of the last dealers still advertising Ten-Tec.
73, Winston K4CWQ


-------Original Message-------
From: Jim Miller <k4sqr at juno.com>
Sent: 01/31/03 08:29 AM
To: TenTec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec trivia

> 
> Ten-Tec trivia:

SLEP Electonics in Western North Carolina was the last Ten-Tec dealer.
Bill Slep (SK) was a fine gentleman and had a very large warehouse full
of modern and boatanchor ham gear plus test equipment.

AES, HRO, Burghardt-Amateur and Ross Distributing were among the major
Ten-Tec dealers until Ten-Tec implemented "factory direct amateur sales"
in early 1990's (?).

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:07:39 -0600 "James Duffer"
<dufferjames at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> >When did Ten Tec have a dealer net work and who handled their 
> product? I 
> >had
> >never heard that....very interesting bit of "history".
> 
> Seems like I ordered my Ten Tec Model 544 in 1976/77 from a dealer 
> in North 
> Carolina.  I am guessing when they went to direct sales but my guess 
> is 
> around 1986.  Hopefully someone on the list will know exactly.
> >
> wd4air
> 
> _________________________________________________________________
> The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE*  
> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> 
> 
_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>