[TenTec] "44"

[Silevitch, Michael]

Dear Rick

Like you I have owned Ten Tec gear since the mid 70s. I had a groundbreaking Triton IV (model 540) until 2000. It worked great and I ended up donating it a university radio club and "upgraded" to a Corsair and an OMNI C, great vintage and high quality products. (I wanted to compare the two for performance and am not sure which is better.) Now my main station is an OMNI VII and it is a joy to operate. The Corsair and OMNI C re still with me as well.

I also use an old Nye Viking paddle from the early 1970s. They don't make them like that anymore.

Regards
    Michael K1PEV

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> On Dec 26, 2015, at 9:34 AM, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
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> "Years", that is.
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> I bought my first Ten-Tec, an Argonaut 505, for Christmas in 1974.
> 
> I have owned at least one Ten-Tec transceiver continuously since that time.
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> Except for a short spell in the mid 1980s where I ran an ICOM as the main
> radio for 2 years, I have always had a Ten-Tec on my main operating
> position.
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> 
> Oh, and then there were the 3 or 4 months I tried a K3 in 2010 before
> replacing it with an Eagle.
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> But of course I still had an Argonaut 515 during that time.
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> I still have a SWAN watt meter.
> 
> How many years ago did they go out of business?  Probably also 44.  Actually
> it was about 39 or 40 years ago.
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> I own an Autronics CW paddle.  They exited the ham market about 44 years ago
> as well.
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> If you find any of these things today in good working order, they are worth
> more money today than they were when new!
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> 
> Other than metal stuff, I can't really think of any components that Ten-Tec
> actually manufactured themselves.
> 
> You can buy encoders and transistors elsewhere.  Not quite so easy as
> calling Paul, but they're available.
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> 
> I'm still hoping I can convince the new owner to build us old farts one more
> radio to replace the Eagle on the desk.
> 
> It will be like the Eagle, but 3 or 4 times larger, with big knobs and big
> S-Meter.  J
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> But I won't sell my Eagle.  It will replace my FT-900 as mobile rig.
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> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
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> (Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
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