[TenTec] TenTec reflector

[Marinus Loewensteijn]

Hey guys (and gals),

I signed up to the Tentec reflector for help, information, discuss TenTec equipment and not some other brand. 

If I look at the number of postings this month alone deidcated to the Elecraft K3 then I do wonder.

I take offense at this posting by Jim Brown. To call others "a bunch of old farts" is not approppriate. 

This is how wars get started, someone wants to do something that is outside the accepted social structure and then gets abusive / violent etc when they cannot get their way.  And after a short while it becomes tit-for-tat and rapidly degrades in something more nasty, in this case a flame war is already brewing.

I am with Ron on this one: This is the TenTec reflector.

Please if you want to discuss and cheerlead whatever your fancy is then go there. Or go to some reflector where they discuss the merits between each brand.

This is all I am going to say on this matter and I will not respond to any more postings on this subject.

Peace to all

73, Marinus, ZL2ML





























-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Brown K9YC
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:54 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] K3 information

On Wed, 28 May 2008 12:08:24 +0000, d.e.warnick at comcast.net wrote:

>Ron said it best yesterday. This is the TenTec reflector.

NO, it has become the TenTec Cheerleaders reflector -- better
defined as a bunch of old farts, SOME of whom seem to be interested
only in justifying their purchase of a particular radio, and not
caring to learn anything about anything else going on in the world.
Thankfully, some other members are here to learn more about their
radios, fix them when they break, and share what we have learned
with others. I am one of the latter group.

TenTec and Elecraft are both very good companies, and make very good
products. They are both American companies, both started by
individual HAMS dedicated to doing it better. Al Kahn, K4FW, the co-
founder of Ten Tec (and also Electro-Voice), was a MAJOR behind the
scenes booster of Heathkit, and long time supporter of ARRL. He
would have been very pleased with what Elecraft has done. It is
quite sad that some folks are only able think in terms of "us
against them." That's a big reason the world is in such a terrible
fix.

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