[TenTec] repairs

[Carl Moreschi]

I do.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 10/28/2014 10:42 AM, Reed Krenn wrote:
> How many on this list remember Yuri's Dream Radio One??
>
> Reed / WW3A
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> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Paul Gentry<phgentry at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> 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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