[TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)

[Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP]

Well the Globe Chief actually was built by World Radio Labs (WRL) - I think
in Colorado.
Was a great transmitter.

I can't remember the name of the owner of that company but I saw just a
couple of years ago that he was still around, alive and kicken.  It was Leo
something...

73
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Marshall Stewart
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 8:43 PM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)

What about Globe Chief?  I made a lot of Q's with my Globe Chief 90A!

73, 
Marsh, KA5M
Formerly K5ZNJ (1961)


> -----Original Message-----
>  From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com  
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Jim Younce
>  Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:17 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec  Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah,  Right)
>
> I doubt that Ten-Tec is about to close the doors.   It is a fact that the
> amateur market is only a small percentage of the  company's business. 
Their
> biggest volume is the manufacture of tools  & dies and metal boxes for
> electronic OEM manufactures.  The  amateur business was a labor of love 
for
> Al Cohn and Jack  Birtchfield.  When Al sold Electro-Voice and bought 
>  Ten-Tec
>
> a tool and die manufacture they decided to build a ham  transceiver. Al 
has
> since become a silent key and I am sure Jack is  ready for retirement or
> already has retired.  Both were great  gentlemen to do business with and 
to
> talk to on the  air.
>
> However, I am old enough to remember when National Radio,  Hallicrafters,
> Drake, Regency, Multi-Elmac, Gonset, Central  Electronics, Swan 
> Electronics,
> Atlas Radio, Harvey Wells,  Morrow Radio,  Clegg Laboratories,  Webster
>  Bandspanner,  Walter Ashe,  Technical Material Corp.,  Barker  and
> Williamson,  Peterson Radio,  James Millen,   Hammurland, EF Johnson,
> Heathkit, World Radio Labs, Knight, Lafayette,  Eico, Ameco, Hornet 
> Antennas,
>
> RME Receivers, Master  Mobile Antennas, Collins, and several other 
American
> ham radio  manufactures were major players in the manufacture and sales of
> ham  radio gear.  Now we are down to two, Ten-Tec and MFJ.  Some of  the
> exodus was caused but the failure of engineering departments to  keep up 
> with
>
> single sideband  technology but a  great deal of them fell from the Asian
> manufacture  competetion.
>
> 73
>
> Jim Yoiunce  K4ZM
>
>
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