[TenTec] Off center knobs

[DennisKT5D at aol.com]

  I don't usually say anything about issues like this but this time I will.

  I bought a new OMNI 6+ in 11-01, loaded with filters along with a power 
supply, desk mic, and later a matching speaker. The total was well over $4,000. I 
got a radio with a wobbly encoder main tuning knob (obviously the most used 
one on the rig),  a mic jack not centered (rotated slightly askew), and a 
molding defect on the rubber grip ring around the main tuning knob (pretty bad 
pucker where the injection wasn't complete in the die). Did I mention this is a 
$4000 radio? 
  I tolerated the encoder wobble for about two months and tried to ignore the 
other things before returning it to TT for a replacement encoder and, by the 
way guys, straighten that mic jack while you're in there. They did straighten 
the mic jack but I got another wobbly encoder shaft on the main tuning knob. I 
did not try for the best one-out-of-three. 
  I have owned Ten Tec gear since buying a PM2A in 1972. I have had several 
Argonauts and an Argosy. I really like how Ten Tec gear performs BUT man do I 
ever wish they could put it all together on fit and finish.