[TenTec] Some advice, please

[Wes Attaway (N5WA)]

Jim:

The others are correct in that you have tackled a big subject, but I 
think you can handle this by carefully choosing what you want to talk 
about.  If you are giving a hamfest talk you certainly do not need to 
talk about every single tiny detail of the advancements in ham radio 
since the days of Marconi.

After being in the newspaper business for almost half of my business 
career I can tell you that whatever elements you choose to present you 
will have some "copy editor ham radio expert" question why you included 
this and excluded that.

I don't know how long your talk is, and this certainly makes a 
difference.

I think it would be better to cover the high spots over the time span 
and not worry about the fine details of every radio that came out with 
some new bell or whistle.  A few list people have made some suggestions 
(DSP, SDR, etc) and you should mention these and some applicable radios, 
and show plenty of pictures.

I don't think you need to give a treatise on how everything works.  You 
have to treat this somewhat like a good newspaper reporter would and try 
to stick to the basic timeline and point out the highlights.

It is much harder to trim a presentation (or news story) down to 
manageable size than it is to throw everything into the pot.  The task 
ends up forcing you to crystalize your ideas and to keep the 
presentation on target.


On 2016-05-19 13:27, 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?
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> 
> Jim, W8KGI
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