[TenTec] New TT rigs...thoughts

[Bwana Bob]

Rick,


Thanks for the info.  It sounds encouraging.


73,

Bob WB2VUF


On 5/28/2016 4:07 PM, rick at dj0ip.de wrote:
> You might like it but it Mike, makes no business sense.
>
> I was talking to one of my business competitors and he told me he has sold
> over 100 ICOM 7300 transceivers in the past two months.  THAT makes good
> business sense.  A 6N2 is probably the last thing Ten-Tec needs to build.
> How many will they sell per year? 5? It was never a super rig, just a good
> one.
>
> I had a long and interesting phone call with Mike Dishop yesterday and I
> took away a few points:
>   
>> The man is committed and in it for the long term.
>> He is paying cash as he goes and will not get himself into the financial
> nightmare that Ten-Tec was in during the past two years.
>
>> He is going to run the business to make a profit so that they can stay in
> business.
>
>> He is doing his best to try and service everything he possibly can,
> regardless of age but we must all be willing to pay for that service.  And
> of course availability of spar parts will be the final determining factor,
> not policy.  After all, very few other companies (none?) even make an effort
> here!  Kudos to Mike and Ten-Tec.
>
>> Yesterday Mike purchased a Pic'n'place machine to populate PC boards.  It
> will be used to manufacture the PC boards for the Ten-Tec radios, though it
> initially will be located in Ohio.  That's because there is no room for it
> in the current Ten-Tec (rented) facility.
>
>> He is buying (not renting) a new facility for Ten-Tec - much larger than
> the place they are currently renting.  Production will begin after they move
> into the new facility.
>
> Things are progressing but we must stop expecting miracles.
> After all, Rome was not destroyed in a single day!
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Chowning
> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2016 5:46 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New TT rigs...thoughts
>
> Don't forget the TT 526 6N2.  It is a great rig and is a rare find on the
> used market.  TT might do well to resurrect it from the "ashes."
>        Mike, n8ttr
>
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