[TenTec] OT: 7300 buy back program

[Barry N1EU]

I think dealers and manufacturers have stock piles of ALL superhets, not
just the 7600.  I think Rick is on the mark that the DEALER is simply
motivated to move excess 7600 inventory.

What Rick didn't mention is that there's a fresh rumor making the rounds
that Icom is about to announce a direct sampling SDR replacement for the
7600.  That's extra motivation to move 7600 inventory.

The 7300 has changed the game, period.  Icom is sitting pretty.

73, Barry N1EU

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 6:19 AM, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at dj0ip.de> wrote:

> Oh I agree Jim.
>
> There's a reason all of these dealers have stock piles of 7600s.
> However the guy I was listening to who did this is one of those 80m rag
> chewers, and since many of them operate in "alligator mode", (i.e. huge
> mouth and tiny little ears), he probably thinks the radio is great.  To
> heck
> with the neighbors.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 9:39 AM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: 7300 buy back program
>
> On Mon,8/15/2016 12:24 AM, rick at dj0ip.de wrote:
> > Many of the users are not satisfied - for whatever reason -  and have
> > buyer's remorse.
>
> It's easy to see why, having owned the K3/P3 for a long time, one of the
> radios whose features this one tries (and fails badly) to emulate. It's
> billed as an SDR with knobs plus a touch screen spectrum display. All
> that's
> true, sort of, but the display is too small for the touch function to work
> very well. If you want the features of an SDR with the performance of a
> real
> radio, you've got to aim a LOT higher. There's a reason that the Flex and
> Elecraft radios cost as much as they do.
>
> I don't see the 7600 as a step up -- among other things, it's fairly dirty
> transmitting CW. I've got a neighbor 10 miles away using one who makes my
> life miserable. I see the Kenwood TS590 rigs as the best bang for the buck
> NEW radio today. I think a used Orion II or K3 is an awfully good deal.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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