[TenTec] Status of New Display Board for OMNI VII

[Frank Holladay]

Duane,
I attended an engineering seminar several years ago at which the principal 
speaker was head of the industrial engineering department of a major 
southern university.  He told us his definition of gross ignorance was 144 
EE's in one room!
Regards,
Frank, K4VMO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Calvin" <ac5aa1 at gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Status of New Display Board for OMNI VII


> Carl,
> Regarding the discussion you had with the engineer at Dayton, I also
> had a similar chat, except it was the firmware that was ready for release,
> and the hardware sweep card still had a couple of (or few, I don't recall
> the exact word) months left before release.  However, anyone who talks 
> with
> development engineers should always bear in mind that these are the most
> optimistic people in the world when it comes to schedules.  They're always
> surprised when things don't work the first (or second, or third) time they
> try them out.  Trust me, I work in development test and deal with DE's all
> the time.  Now, that doesn't mean that TT shouldn't manage their message 
> at
> Dayton and at other shows, but I suspect they still like to enjoy the 
> close
> relationship with many of us hams.  With Elecraft raising the bar on how 
> to
> work with customers, I think we'll see TT grow to meet the expectations we
> have for them.  At least I hope we will.  Scott's new web page is a good
> start.
>
> Duane
>
>
> Duane Calvin, AC5AA
> Austin, Texas
> www.ac5aa.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Carl J. Denbow
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:45 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Status of New Display Board for OMNI VII
>
> Well, Mike, this is most distressing.  My friend is going to be
> furious.  I'm a little upset myself, because I was told by the engineer
> responsible for the board that the one he had at Dayton was final test
> version, and it was going into production shortly after the Hamvention.
> He apologized for the delay and said that it was a more complicated
> project than he'd at first thought but that it was now finally ready to
> be produced.  I asked him to hold the board up so that I could take a
> picture of it.  I showed this photo to my friend as proof that the board
> was on its way and that any further delay would be a short one measured
> in months not years.   In  fact, I remember that I actually placed a
> mobile phone call to my friend to give him a live, first-hand report
> from the Dayton Hamvention with the good news.  In addition to his Orion
> II he owns several other pieces of Ten-Tec gear.  The way he was talking
> he will sell all of it and swear never to buy a piece of TT gear again
> if my report from Dayton turns out to have been false.  IMHO, this is
> not a good way to run a business.  Personally, I'm not planning on
> selling my OMNI VII over this issue, but it does leave a bad taste in my
> mouth.
>
> 73,
>
> Carl
> N8VZ
>
>
> Mike Christiansen wrote:
>> Carl, that is a brand new webpage the Tentec just put up last week, so
>> the information IMO is current.  This may not be the news your friend
>> was hoping for
>>
>> Mike, N4GW
>>
>> On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Thanks, Mike. If this is not an old, not-updated post, I was lied to
>>> at
>>> Dayton.  I was shown a prototype board and was told it was ready for
>>> production.  In fact, I was told that the week after Dayton they would
>>> be having a production meeting and that the board would be ready for
>>> general sales within three months or so.  A friend of mine who
>>> bought an
>>> ORION II about three years ago was told at that time that the board
>>> would be ready "in a few months."  He's ready to ditch his Ten-Ten
>>> equipment he is so mad about this issue.  When I gave him the
>>> information from Dayton, including my live sitting of the prototype
>>> board, he calmed down a little and said he'd give Ten-Tec a few more
>>> months.  In short, I hope what I was told at Dayton is more accurate
>>> than this link.  Perhaps, at this juncture Ten-Tec's recent "sins" are
>>> no more than not updating a web page! :-)
>>>
>>> Mike Christiansen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Check this link at the Tentec site.  it should answer your questions
>>>>
>>>> http://radio.tentec.com/status/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 17, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know the status the new display board that is coming out
>>>>> for
>>>>> the OMNI VII and ORION II?  I saw a prototype at Dayton and was
>>>>> assured
>>>>> that it was ready for production.  This board will allow, among
>>>>> other
>>>>> things, for real time, continuous spectrum scope (like the ICOM 756
>>>>> pro
>>>>> series has).  I'm really looking forward to this new board, which is
>>>>> supposed to cost in the $300.00 range.
>>>>>
>>>>> Carl
>>>>> N8VZ
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