[TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding

[Susan A Walker]

The new web site says SSB specialists, or some such thing. Is QSK  
going to take a back seat, I wonder?

I've often wondered why Ten-Tec didn't keep its engineering in  
Sevierville and outsource production to the east. Certainly the build  
quality and QC of its locally-produced transceivers are nothing  
special. The upcoming Kenwood TS-590 is going to provide stiff  
competition for both the aging Jupiter and the OMNI VII, as it  
apparently will be priced under $2000.

I see nothing sacred in this day and age of ferocious global  
competition about their being able to continue to say "Built in the  
USA."

Perhaps slapping a Ten-Tec logo on a radio made in China is a first  
tentative step in that direction, although in the past Ten-Tec has put  
its label on Astron power supplies, I believe. Don't know where  
they're made.

Just my two cents.

73,
John, W3ULS