[TenTec] The New TenTec

[Jim Allen]

I have the impression that sissies don't often go into the ham radio business, and if they do, don't last very long.

Trying to break into a market from scratch is tough, especially when you see the rusting hulks of others who have tried it on all sides.

Do you start from scratch, no name, no reputation, just some ideas you think might work, or do you find and try to resurrect one which was very good but has fallen on hard times and try to springboard from that?

It's daunting either way.

Look at Wayne and Eric.  After 18 years of relentless effort, they have become an overnight success.  Their radios are in the shacks of thousands and thousands of serious, dedicated, well heeled contesters and DXers, and are used on virtually all major DXpeditions.  Wayne Burdick had a track record of well received designs of QRP gear.  I have no idea whether they have made any money or not.

73 Jim Allen W6OGC
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> On Sep 24, 2016, at 13:22, <lstoskopf at cox.net> <lstoskopf at cox.net> wrote:
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> I'm betting that Mike is regretting trying to salvage the TT line and good name.  He  probably didn't get much and hopefully didn't pay much for what he got.  In return he inherited a bunch of headaches.  Any reasonable businessman would walk away and start over with whatever intellectual property he has.  Going to be tough being a startup in this business.  Look at the flack the new rigs are getting and one wonders about their long term bottom line.  Meanwhile, I miss my now dead Orion that they did try to fix after it took a nearby lightning strike.  In short, give the guy a break.
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