[TenTec] Bad Capacitors (WAS: Orion II master resetting each turn on)

[Jim Brown]

On Sat,11/14/2015 9:43 AM, Tony wrote:
> Why would Ten-Tec have to "come‎ clean" about these capacitors. They got shafted as did many other manufacturers.   You make "using the lowest bidder" sound like it is a crime.

It may not be a crime, but it's dumb. Successful manufacturing includes 
careful sourcing of components and maintaining QC of both incoming 
components and outgoing products.  ALL consumer products, including ham 
gear, must sell at a price that the buyer can afford. That means 
reasonable compromises between component quality and cost. The use of 
military quality components could easily raise the cost of gear by a 
factor of 10X or more. How many hams are willing (or able) to pay 
$10-40K for a 100W transceiver?

> BTW, in case we wish to make use of you "buying and selling business" what is your call sign?

Yes. I want to see callsigns in all posts to ham reflectors.

73, Jim K9YC