[TenTec] Ten Tec at the Charlotte Hamfest

[Mark DeBord]

Well, I just returned from the Charlotte hamfest and had a GREAT time. It 
appeared there was lots of VEC testing going on, so we may be hearing new 
folks on the air soon. The usual flea market crowd had lots of treasures to 
trade and of course the venders had lots of new gear to sell. Yaesu was 
showing off their new ft-9000 series rig as well as the ft-2000. Kenwood had 
their usual miniature “booth” with their one table of  a few rigs. Icom did 
not even show up this year which was a bit of a surprise.
Ten Tec was also there and boy did their booth look nice! I was very 
impressed with  their new displays along with their current collection of 
equipment including the Omni VII. Lot’s of interest was shown in the booth 
with all their equipment from the hamfest attendees. The few times I stooped 
by, there was always a good crowd looking and listening with interest. There 
seemed to be a particular interest in the new Omni VII, but there was an 
equal interest in the Jupiter and Orion II. Sure was nice to see the remote 
demo of the Omni VII and the abilities to take full control of the rig from 
a computer at a hotel, vacation spot, or an antenna restricted 
neighborhood….. Ahhh the possibilities. It is a very nice looking rig as 
well; even better up close as compared to the new magazine ads.  The Omni 
VII and the Orion II look great in person with their color displays. They 
had the big Titan III opened up and gave me the ability to see inside of 
this nice looking amp and I also got to play with the Centurian. Really nice 
looking/built amps...
I just wanted to share my experience at the Charlotte hamfest and of course 
you guys going to Dayton will get the ability to check them out there.

73’s
Mark KA4ICK

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