[TenTec] How rare are Paragon II transceivers?

[Carl Winkles]

Well, Carl, you did a good job on the paragon II. It was my main hf rig for several years. It was a fine rig, and very easy to operate. The Orion finally drove the PII off the desk but I still have it. 

73
Carl, K4SEV

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On Jun 1, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I wrote the Paragon II firmware for Tentec.  I don't know how many were sold but I am guessing only a few hundred.  It's a great general coverage radio and works quite well on the ham bands for DX.
> 
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
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> 
> On 6/1/2013 3:24 PM, Peter Bertini wrote:
>> After owning an Omni VI for a few months I had a hankering to try the
>> Paragon II transceiver. I was lucky enough to find one in working condition
>> a few months later. I've been able to add a full filter compliment since
>> obtaining the radio. Why?  I was interested in the ability to open up the
>> TX range to cover between 160 and 10 meters with no gaps.
>> 
>> I'm kind of curious to know how rare the Paragon II transceivers might
>> be... I haven't seen a lot of information about them, and I assume that
>> very few were manufactured before the Paragon line was discontinued.
>> 
>> Pete
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