[TenTec] While we're on the subject of 1208

[Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales]

There isn't really a concrete answer for that yet.

Some of our kits have been discontinued simply because they've run their 
course and after 10+ years available aren't selling well any longer. 
Others we've been having issues with obtaining parts to pack them and 
appears it won't be reversible.  With the worldwide changeover to 
lead-free surface mount many of the traditional through-hole parts are 
either disappearing from the market and/or the price continues to 
increase.  Many of the kits we have available we'll continue to pack and 
sell but I predict the retail price will continue to climb.  The 1208 
transverter kit was a victim of both of those; 50 MHz coverage is common 
on HF transceivers now and the price of some parts is as much as 10x 
higher than they were when the kit was introduced in 1995.

73
Scott Robbins
W4PA

John & Diana Beckner wrote:
> I have a question.
> I keep seeing a reduction in the number of kits available.  Are there any
> plans to make any more, or are these kits just going to gradually disappear?
> 
> 
> I have several of them and I really love them.  I have even gotten my
> inner-city Boy Scouts interested in Ham Radio through the receiver kits.
> Thanks.
> John, WB4FEN   
>