[TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today

[Bill Miner]

The BC-610 was a large HF AM transmitter built by Hallicrafters with a pair 
of 250-TH tubes or something similar in the PA.  Just the power transformer 
alone  weighed over 100 pounds.  The entire transmitter probably weighed 500 
or 600 hundred pounds.

Anyway....  WHAT is the "610" that started shipping today?????

73,
Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wes Attaway (N5WA)" <wesattaway at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today


> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Andrew Moore
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:45 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 610 Has started shipping today
>
>>From radio.tentec.com/status:
>
> *610 USB Keyer:*
> Available 2009. Hardware is complete. OnePlug needs code added to support,
> some work on user interface still to be completed. Beta testing of 
> firmware
> underway. Retail price will be $169. (7/22/2009)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:42 PM, <kc9cdt at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> 610,? BC-610??? I was on the TT site today....no such thing?
>>
>>
>>
>> What the heck is this you speak about?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Lee
>>
>>
>>
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