[TenTec] repairs

[Paul Gentry]

I remember seeing ads in magazines for it.  I also remember the tried
resurrection of the Atlas which was based on the idea in this thread of a
simple radio that is serviceable.  Atlas didn't last too long in it's first
inception.  Their basic marketing was Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) and the
reintroduction (the Atlas 310) back in the early 90's never happened.  I
think an ad made it to QST but the radio was never manufactured.

The Scout is probably the best example of a bare-bones rig with fairly good
operability.  Of course "we" always want more especially if we are
contesters.

Paul K4BWG <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux>

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Reed Krenn <reed.krenn at gmail.com> wrote:

> How many on this list remember Yuri's Dream Radio One??
>
> Reed / WW3A
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Paul Gentry <phgentry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What you stated is possibly one reason why it's not in production yet.
> > This was a new product showcased at Dayton last year (2013) and was
> > supposed to be out by August 2013!  Here we are roughly at November 2014.
> >
> > Of course I could sight other products including RF Concepts tuner, and
> Ten
> > Tec's Patriot.  Manufacturing issues including sourcing parts, etc.
> > sometimes leads to the products never coming into production.  As you
> > stated though, price is the leading factor to buyers and usually trumps
> > everything else.  Why buy the Palstar when you can buy an Eagle that
> > arguably has more features, is in production, has the bugs worked out,
> and
> > is cheaper?  The TR30a definitely won't come in at under 1K as you
> wished.
> > The QRPer blog listed a range of $1500-2000.
> >
> > Paul K4BWG
> > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Dave Edwards <kd2e at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I kind of like what I see in that Palstar.
> > > It now all depends on the price. It simply has to come in significantly
> > > less then other beginner rigs.
> > >
> > > ....Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/28/14, 2:37 AM, Ken Brown wrote:
> > >
> > >> I don't suppose there is a big enough market to support Ten-Tec or
> > anyone
> > >>
> > >>> else coming out with this kind of basic rig (other than in QRP
> > versions).
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  It looks like Palstar may gamble that there is:
> > >>> http://www.palstar.com/en/tr30a/
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>  It is an interesting rig, but I don't see it as being easy to
> service
> > >> or easy to keep a stock of essential replacement parts for.
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