[TenTec] Opinions

[Richards]

On 7/5/2013 5:42 PM, PC Anderson wrote:


ends, everyone has one. There have been many opinions here on these 
pages since the bad news.



	Geeze, Andy,  why is it such bad news?
	




> I embarked on a dream. An all American and an all TenTec station.

> I now have an Orion llAT, all filters ... 963 ...
709 mic... 302 keypad.... Centurion Amp, 238B tuner.
My pride is a TT526, aka 6n2.


	Wow... but your dream has already come true!
	How is your station compromised because they
	cannot make more O IIs?

	Your Orion II did not lose value, or stop
	working or diminished in any way because
	TT ceased production of new units.  In fact,
	it just MIGHT increase in value because it
	has just become more RARE and hard to get.

	I have an old GUILD guitar I purchased for
	around $250 back in the late 1970s.  Still
	in good condition, it was just appraised for
	close to $1400.  They quit making this model
	thirty years ago, but I don't feel slighted
	by that in any way.

	So, maybe your rig will increase in value
	as time marches on.   Why be sad... this
	might be the best investment you ever made!




This gem took me to a first place in EPA section Jan 2012, single band 
single op class. Not bad for a rig that TenTen also dropped.


	Why despair... nearly all contests won in
	the past were won on radios that are no
	longer made.  Your radio still works as
	well as it ever did.  Besides, if there
	are fewer of them out there, you will
	have a competitive edge.  I would not
	mind buying the last Ferrari ever made...





> This is the only equipment I own.


	I also have an all-TenTec station  (OK...I
	also have a radio made by another company)
	but I won't feel cheated or slighted if TT
	ceases production of any of my radios... in
	fact they dropped the Jupiter and I have one.

	It works just as well now as it did while
	the model was still in production - and so
	will your radio.


	My first "novice" station includes:

	Omni VII,  Jupiter,  Centurion,  238C tuner,
	Model 1254 receiver kit,   Model 1253 kit,	
	Model 1225 SWR meter kit,  RX-320D,  Model 715
	processor,  Model 777 headset (although I sold
	it to one of the guys on the list),  963 Power
	Supply,  some TT adapters, etc.  There is not
	much more I could buy, other than the Eagle,
	or the microphone equalizer, maybe.

	It has been a good ride, too, I am luck to
	have started out with some really good stuff,
	and I have always been confident and proud
	to describe my station equipment to other
	guys.

	I will still feel that way after they cease
	production of the various models I own.

	



> Will continue to check into the net on Sundays with my obsolete Oll.



	You are kidding, right?

	Why is the rig "obsolete" - it still works
	as well as it always did, and should gain
	value over time.


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