[TenTec] In praise of older technology

[Brian Carling]

Some if us never left AM.

That's why there are other rigs in my shack besides TenTec!!

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Feb 25, 2014, at 11:04 AM, bob barnes <k0wtz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> well i came up in the 50s hams loved am and you had to be in that era to love and understand it.  then came collins with their first ssb rigs.  talk about resentment because the money boys all gathered together there was lots of qrming of them.  with the lack of hams on the bands now we could go back to am with no problem.
> 
> personaly i think ham radio has gone as far as it needs to go. oh there will always be a few tinkers to go into the digital modes but really for what reason except to prove up well we are different thats fine but i dont see where it can really apply on the ham radio bands.
> 
> by the way when working field day the bands can close down for some reason on ssb but cw will always get through.  that old stinkin cw!
> 
> 73
> bob k0wtz
> all things are possible in Christ Jesus our savior
> 
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> On Mon, 2/24/14, k6jek <k6jek at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] In praise of older technology
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Date: Monday, February 24, 2014, 7:03 PM
> 
> I suppose it would have had to have
> been the '30's and those were tough times. 
> 
>> On Feb 24, 2014, at 3:14 PM, Brian Carling wrote:
>> 
>> And maybe they were too busy fighting a war to play
> radio.
>> 
>> Best regards - Bry Carling