[TenTec] Some advice, please

[Jim Brown]

On Thu,5/19/2016 12:27 PM, JAMES HANLON wrote:
> Y'all,
>   
> I've taken on the job of talking to the Albuquerque Hamfest this coming August about significant advances in amateur radio technology from the beginning of radio, Marconi 1894, to the present.  I'm up to the early 70s so far and I have just added the advent of Solid State Transceivers to the list, using the 505 Argonaut and the Triton I and Triton II as examples.  I'm a little fuzzy on things more modern than that.  Obviously I should include things like digital modes and software-defined radios.  What would you folks suggest I should include, and can you cite any Ten-Tec or other gear that would illustrate the particular advance?

With all due respect, you've taken on a job to talk about stuff about 
which you have large gaps. Having done a lot of presentations and taught 
for 5 years, I consider that a bad idea.  The time between the early 70s 
and today -- 45 years -- has seen huge developments and transitions in 
ham radio. If I were in your position, I'd find someone else to do it.  
I sure wouldn't tackle it -- I was inactive most of the time between 
1960 and 2003.

73, Jim K9YC