[TenTec] Looks like company is fading away

[mcelmer1]

Perhaps I am missing or misreading the all of the posts, but what are 
TenTec's plan for new transceivers similar to the Orion II or Omni VII

Yes, service is superb.

However, the pool of radio operators is dwindling, therefore the market is 
smaller. Why would a business design a new product if the market can not 
support it.

Toyko High Power sound familiar? Yes, the filed for bankruptcy because of:

"the recent depression in the industrial RF power products area [which] has 
led to the very difficult financial position".

I believe there was another manufacturer that pulled plug on HF amps but I 
can not verify my statement - mild memory loss.

Mike
W8TRN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KU4YP" <a.r.s.ku4yp at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 12:53
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Looks like company is fading away


> They still service my 509's and 405 amps. From the 70's and 80's.
>
> Thats not fading away. For that reason alone I am a loyal TT customer. And 
> when it is time for new, that will be my first stop.
>
> The list of amateur radio manufacturers that still service all their gear 
> is a short list. If the big three still does, I would be shocked.
>
> Plus I do not think rf concepts would want to deal with the pr nightmare 
> of the demise of a great American radio label like TT. I could be wrong, 
> but wouldnt bet on it.
>
> My thoughts. 73 Mike KU4YP.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 27, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at verizon.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Well Jim,
>>
>> I'd love to own a power amp, or even an amp (again).  Haven't had one 
>> since I had to sell off my two SB-200's  & HT-41 over 12 years ago due to 
>> (lack of) job issues.
>>
>> And if I could buy one right now, new or used, I'd love it to be a 
>> Ten-Tec or an Alpha.
>>
>> The shekels, though, just ain't there right now.  And with Little Miss 
>> Field Day going off to college in the fall (donations towards her 
>> education welcome!), there likely won't be in the near future.
>>
>> So. while I may or may not be considered a "true believer" (I'd say "true 
>> blue believer" but, while the dot has been black, orange, or red, I don't 
>> think it's ever been blue... at least, not from the factory), there are 
>> extenuating circumstances that prevent me from currently owning an amp.
>>
>> (Now, if anyone has a working spare amp that they'd like to donate to me, 
>> I won't turn that down either!)
>>
>> 73, ron w3wn
>>
>> On 01/27/15, Jim Brown wrote:
>>
>> On Tue,1/27/2015 8:55 AM, Frank Kirschner wrote:
>>> Assuming your questions wasn't rhetorical, I own the Centurion, and I
>>> love it. It is "instant on" for all practical purposes, and has
>>> helped me bust hundreds of pile-ups when the 200-watt exciter wouldn't
>>> do it barefoot.
>>
>> Thanks Frank. No question about the quality of the Ten Tec amps. I'm
>> quite happy with mine too. But I think the answer to my question is
>> that, among this group of "true believers," only a few own a Ten Tec
>> power amp, and only two of those were purchased directly from Ten Tec in
>> the past 20 years. Or did I miss someone?
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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