[TenTec] New Radios in the Future

[Richards]

Well said, Barry, ... but...  the real question is:

         Will you really buy it if they made it?

A LOT of hams SAY what they want in a new radio, but THEY WILL NEVER BUY 
ONE.   They plan to nurse their 25 year old  TT ParaOmniOctoCentarion  
well into the future, fixing it themselves, expecting TT to somehow make 
a profit just stocking parts.    That was a strong undercurrent in John 
Henry's missives a few months back.   I have lunch every Friday with a 
swell gang of older hams - all of whom already own their last 
transceiver.   TT MUST follow the money to remain viable in a difficult 
economy - those who stay the course and nurture radios as old as their 
children do not represent the market for new radios.

----------------------- JHR  ---------------------


On 11/1/2014 8:56 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> The hf rig front panel evolved its knobbed interface over a period of
> nearly 100 years.  It works.  I don't need no steenkin'
> smartphone/touchscreen/mouse/whatever modern interface for my radio.  Sure,
> let the radio hardware be the latest greatest direct digital sampling, but
> keep my user interface classical.
>
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