[TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today

[Steve Berg]

You're right about the weight to performance difference between the 
radios, but at least there are no long strings of e-mail complaints 
about firmware upgrades on a BC-610.  I'm just glad that I did not have 
to carry one of those on patrols.  The PRC-25 was plenty heavy enough.

73,

Steve WA9JML

Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:
> The reference to a BC-610 was an obvious joke meant to confuse the young and
> uninformed.  
> 
> The BC-610 was a World War II era military AM transmitter.  I had the
> pleasure of using one at the MARS station when I was in Air Force ROTC at
> LSU back in 1958.  The main thing I remember about it is that it was
> extremely heavy..... It probably weighed over 100 pounds.
> 
> The TenTec Orion is way better from a weight-to-performance aspect.
> 
> 
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