[TenTec] 6M with HF

[John Geiger]

The JA companies were the first offer rigs with an
internal antenna tuner, a memory keyer, and memories.

73s John W5TD

--- w8au at sssnet.com wrote:

> At 12:09 PM 2/22/2007, shristov at ptt.yu wrote:
> >Duane - N9DG <n9dg at yahoo.com> wrote :
> >
> > > Bottom line is that the JA companies are rarely
> the "first"
> > > with anything. Their often overpowering strength
> is
> > > recognizing coming trends and then polishing
> them for the
> > > consumer masses. They have however failed to do
> so with
> > > generic PC's and from what I can tell are now
> lagging in SDR
> > > as well.
> >
> >
> >Wasn't Kenwood's TS870 the first IF DSP radio on
> the ham market?
> 
> In deference to Duane, the JA's were slower into
> full conversion
> to solid state... Tube amps/drivers (hybrids) lasted
> a number of years after
> USA went all solid, beginning with TenTec.
> 
> Perry  w8au 
> 
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