[TenTec] Opinions

[Paul Gates]

I am not so sure it is bad news. I well remember the problems TenTec had with the first Orion and I would read the complaints listed. I decided then I would never be tempted to get an Orion. I am a supporter of TenTec and my rig that I use every day is a TenTec. I imagine I had most every TenTec Radio that was manufacturerd in 70's and 80's.Paul Gates, KD3JF

> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 20:35:06 -0400
> From: jrichards at k8jhr.com
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Opinions
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/5/2013 5:42 PM, PC Anderson wrote:
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> 
> 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?
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> > 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...
> 
> 
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> 
> > 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.
> 
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> 
> 
> > 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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