[TenTec] Fwd: Motorola MC68705P3

[Jerry Haigwood]

Andrew,
     Glenn thinks Paul was just having a bad day (as we all do from time to
time).  And, I am sure Paul was just stating company policy.  Glenn is
pretty good friends with Paul and I am hoping he can convince Ten-Tec to do
the right thing and either program the controllers for a fee or let Glenn
have the code.  We'll just have to wait and see.
Jerry W5JH

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Andrew Moore
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:00 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fwd: Motorola MC68705P3

Understood.  It's unfortunate that it ended up on the list.  Mistakes
happen.  No hard feelings to you or Glenn or anyone else, I assure you, and
I apologize if I sounded like I placed blame in places where it should be
placed.  I just feel bad for "Paul" in this instance.

I'm glad to hear that they at least have the means to program the part, and
share your frustration in the fact that they can't provide that service.

I wonder if a middle ground would be to approach them about providing source
code for the device, and info about what programmer is needed, given that
the device and radio are no longer supported?  After all, they've put the
manuals online for obsolete products.  If they aren't providing the service
themselves, then losing money due to competition isn't a factor.

Again, I'm grateful to you & all who are pushing to keep these great rigs
alive.

73,
--Andrew, NV1B
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Jerry Haigwood <jerry at w5jh.net> wrote:

> Andrew,
>     I did not PUBLISH the widespread complaint.  If you will look closely,
> I sent a private email to Glenn.  Glenn then decided to make the email
> public without asking me.  My email was meant for Glenn's consumption
only.
>  BTW, it was Paul who told me that Ten-Tec still had the capability to
> program the MC68705P3 but obviously has decided not to so.  So far, I am
not
> excited about Ten-Tec's service.  But, that is OK since I usually repair
my
> own radios.  As long as I can get parts, I can keep my Corsair II running.
>     BTW, I emailed Glenn in the first place to try to help him.  Glenn
> found a sizeable number of the MC68705P3 controllers that Ten-Tec couldn't
> find and is looking for a way to programming them.  I wanted to let Glenn
> know that Ten-Tec had the ability to program the controller and maybe he
> could get Ten-Tec to do the programming for him.
> Jerry W5JH
>
>
>
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