[TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)
Troy W6HV
w6hv at verizon.net
Fri Dec 17 19:10:44 PST 2010
Rick,
That's Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ. In his 90's now and still director of District
10, OOTC.
73,
Troy, W6HV
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 7:03 PM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)
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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