[TenTec] Older rigs

[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

It seems that we forget that Tentec is a "spin off" company of 
Electro-Voice, a very highly respected audio company.  Some of the original 
staff, originally headed by Albert Kahn (sk), founder of Electro-Voice are 
still at Tentec today in authoritive positions.

The book "TEN-TEC, The First 40 Years, 1968 - 2008" is very informative in 
this regard.

Library of Congress Control Number 2008908127
ISBN:  978-0-615-20575-5

73
Bob, K4TAX


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <Mike_N4NT at charter.net>
To: <wb5jnc at centurytel.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Older rigs


> Taught a novice class, one of members got ticket and her dad, a ham, sent
> her a TS-930 transceiver. We helped her put up an aerial then sat down at
> the rig to see how it worked. My best rig up til then was a 544 or 546,
> don't remember. I was fascinated with all the bells & whistles available 
> on
> receive. Tuned into a crowded band and played with all the tuning 
> controls.
> With each adjustment, the rig sounded better and better. Finally I turned
> off all that stuff to hear how the receiver sounded without all the finely
> tuned filters, etc., and it sounded even better. Apparently it was the
> change that sounded better and it didn't matter much what it was.
>
> There was no setting on that TS-930 that sounded as good as my old 
> Ten-Tecs.
>
> 73, Mike N4NT
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Gulseth" <wb5jnc at centurytel.net>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Cc: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf at verizon.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 15:46
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Older rigs
>
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> Point (2) is well taken. Back in the days of "vinyl" when I worked in
>> small
>> market radio I could hear when a stylus was getting "edgy" (chipped or
>> worn);
>> it had the same effect on me as a chalkboard screech. Thus I question how
>> much real advantage there is in most normal situations (especially since
>> I'm
>> not a contester or serious DXer) of digital manipulation and its
>> associated
>> artifacts versus the (at least to me) much easier to listen to audio of a
>> purely analog chain.
>>
>> But then again, some folks might not even notice the difference (or at
>> least
>> it might not bother them like it does me.) Guess this is one of
>> those "different strokes for different folks" HI HI!!
>>
>> 73, Al
>
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