[TenTec] Where is TEN-TEC today?

[Kim Elmore]

I hear no "death rattle" whatsoever. TT is alive and well.  There is no evidence to the contrary. Where do you get your misinformation?

Alpha amps are not "obsoleted" by Alpha. That some tubes are not available is not Alpha's responsibility and how anyone can justify otherwise escapes me. The tube manufacturers make those choices. As hams, we don't use enough of them to justify a dedicated production line for something like 8874s. 

You seem to want TT to exist solely by making and selling ham equipment to hams and hams only. I know of no major company that does that -- I think even MFJ depends on non-ham business. So did Hallicrafters, Hammarlund, WRL, Collins, Heath, Johnson, B&W or any of a bunch of others. Times changed in ways they didn't. I don't see anything like that with TT. 

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Jul 28, 2014, at 10:16, John King via TenTec <tentec at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> JR;  I wish Ten Tec the very  best  and may very well buy another Ten Tec since my wonderful OMNI VII plus is such a great transceiver and is getting OLD and being  being OBSOLETED  to keep up with the "Jones". The Omni VI Plus is, in my opinion, a great radio that will do all that the non contesting and ego feeding amateur operator needs and would use.
> 
> But before you assume that someone, who probably has barely stayed afloat themselves, is going to rescue Ten Tec take a look at the unstable history of Alpha and its' successors. There are Alpha  Amps out there that you might be able to get tubes for or may not.  I feel sure that if they are doing well, it is because they may build RF Amps for the medical or industrial field.
> There are hams who would pay a Zillion dollars to have a rig that very few other hams could buy, but most egos like that cannot be satisfied because their wallet or spouse will not allow it.
> 
> Over the past years, I have visited Pigeon Forge, Sevierville , visited Ten Tec many times and have been to the Ten Tec Fest  .We will be in Pigeon forge for a week after we leave the Huntsville Ham fest on our way to Shelby Ham Fest., but I see no value in going by just to see my friend Stan.
> 
> This is a discussion, not a debate because we all wish the best for Ten Tec, but we wish to hear things that are more like the initial cry of a new born baby than a death rattle.  Lets talk about Alpha/whatever it is today and then maybe we can become more enthused about the marriage. Thanks and 73, John, K5PGW
> 
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> On Sun, 7/27/14, K8JHR <jrichards at k8jhr.com> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Where is TEN-TEC today?
> To: "Scott Harwood" <scotthsr at earthlink.net>, "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Date: Sunday, July 27, 2014, 7:17 PM
> 
> I don't knock any team I am on.
> 
> I do not understand why many TT fans assume the worst, and
> do not expect 
> a winning season?   Do they expect failure
> whenever their favorite 
> sports team gets a new owner, or hires a new new coach, or
> trades for 
> new players?   Do they automatically assume
> the new coach is a dolt and 
> incapable of developing a winning strategy?
> 
> All the negative talk suggests some TT fans think new
> management is 
> foolish and lacks sufficient business acumen to chart a
> successful course.
> 
> REAL FANS always believe their favorite team will win ...
> always... no 
> matter what.   If you predict a loss, you
> "ain't no fan" - cause that is 
> tantamount to rooting for the other team.  Even if the
> league leading 
> quarterback is injured, you root like Heck for the second
> string 
> replacement.  Right?  That is how REAL FANS do
> it.
> 
> So why assume the new regime will fail?  Why not have a
> little faith, 
> and assume they know what they are doing?  I do.
> 
> I think it will be better than business as usual.
> 
> Happy days.
> 
> ----------------------- JR ---------------------
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