[TenTec] News of new company

[Barry N1EU]

Related info is available online at:

http://www.arrl.org/news/dishtronix-purchases-ten-tec-assets

73, Barry N1EU

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Mike Bryce <prosolar at sssnet.com> wrote:

> Okay.
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> First off this is a post picked up from a news group.
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> Although there had been much speculation that Dishtronixhttp://
> www.dishtronix.com/about.htmlwas the mystery buyer of Ten Tec, we got
> confirmation in the last couple of days.
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> I wrote to Mike Dishop of Dishtronix, Ten Tec’s new owner, to ask him for
> more information about what we can expect from Ten Tec going forward. Here
> is his response:
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> Although Ten Tec has changed hands several times in the last couple of
> years, I would like to state that Ten Tec has changed hands for the last
> time in the foreseeable future. Dishtronix has been continuously operating
> for 17 years, is financially stable and will continue managing in a manner
> that promotes and maintains financial stability. My vision is strictly long
> term. I have no plans to leave this business and will continue to operate
> Ten Tec as long as I am physically able to do so. I believe the Ten Tec
> transceivers to be some of the best transceivers available at any price and
> personally have been operating an Orion II until the first change of
> ownership. Everyone who uses a piece of equipment long enough, develops a
> personal wish list of things they would change or improve. I feel extremely
> fortunate to now be in the position where I can use my skills and expertise
> from more than forty years of ham radio and SWLing to implement changes
> which I hope will make fantastic products even better.
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> Unfortunately I have had to make some tough decisions which were made for
> the long term health and viability of the company. The Ten Tec team is the
> nicest bunch of people you could hope to work with and have overall reacted
> positively to the changes. Some team members have chosen to pursue
> retirement or other opportunities but the core competency remains. We are
> extremely fortunate to have retained former engineering manager John Henry
> on a consulting basis and I must give him the greatest credit. I certainly
> would not take on this project without him and the other team members like
> Boyd Lichlyter and Patty Gann. Ten Tec is like a big family, and I do not
> view this as me acquiring Ten Tec but more like me joining an extended
> family of talented and skilled people. I hope anyone reading this who is in
> the market for a new radio will help me support this great group by at
> least trying one of their radios. Of the present production the Eagle is my
> favorite for having the best sound out of the box, and that is what my
> personal preference is always based on – good sound. My all-time favorite
> is of course the Orion II so an Orion III is on my personal wish list for
> the future. There are numerous Ten Tec user nets on the air and it is my
> intention so support them by posting the time and frequency schedules on
> the website. If I can accomplish one thing at Ten Tec it will be to be more
> customer-centric. I want to build the radios that you the customer wants! I
> am looking for ways to reliably engage with our customers so we can do
> that, and I think factory support of the nets is one way to start.
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> The Ten Tec team is working on production improvements to our facility and
> business. We are fully occupied with our commercial business at this time.
> When I have capacity the next step is to run the first batch of Omni 7+
> which is the Omni 7 with some minor cosmetic changes and improvements such
> as a flat metal front for improved shielding. Following this we are
> releasing the Super Eagle which brings into the Eagle most of the DSP
> features found on the Orion II and is the first step on the path to the
> Orion III. This is different hardware from existing product so it is not a
> firmware upgrade. There are no firm dates or guarantees for when these
> things will occur.
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> The blow out sale prices are over and any outstanding orders at those
> prices are terminated The prices will be the regular list price. Those
> prices were previous owners intent to liquidate all inventory and will
> never be repeated.
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> I am pleased to state that we have completed some firmware updates which
> will be posted on the new Ten Tec website once it is up and running to
> entice people to visit the site.
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> Dishtronix has other new products under development as well. The
> DX2400MKII replaces the DX2400L1 legal limit + solid state amplifier and
> should be unveiled at Hamvention, to mention just one. We are close to
> beginning production of our Emtron DX2/3-SPd tetrode amplifiers which will
> also be shown at Hamvention. Further, there are some other exciting things
> happening which we may announce in the near future.
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> There has been some speculation if Ten Tec will move to Ohio. I do not
> plan to move anything at this time from the Sevierville – Knoxville area,
> but we may move within that area.
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> If I could ask the ham community to do one thing, it would be to please be
> patient with us. Things like this take time.
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