[TenTec] The New TenTec

[Jim Allen]

If you insist on being pedantic, at least be accurate.

I alluded to Wayne's record of design of well received QRP without the details.  Elecraft has a photo of Wayne and Eric shipping the first 100 K2's in 1999, so I figured the two must have started in business in 1998, 18 years ago, not 16.  It turns out that is accurate.  Eric has been working in solid state, projects, techniques, designs, etc since he was a one of the skinny kids hanging around the El Cajon ARC, if I remember the bios correctly.

Finally, I'm surprised you didn't recognize the "overnight success" line as humorous, ironic.  I've often heard it used in entertainment circles and in business speaking of someone who has risen to the top finally after years of intense effort.

73 Jim Allen W6OGC

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On Sep 24, 2016, at 14:54, Paul Christensen <w9ac at arrl.net> wrote:

>> "Look at Wayne and Eric.  After 18 years of relentless effort, they have
> become an overnight success."
> 
> Far from overnight.  Prior to the formation of Elecraft, they began with
> club projects for NorCal.  As far as I can recall, Wayne started with the
> design of the Safari-4 in 1990, then the Sierra, NorCal 40, and 49er.  In
> between, they launched the Wilderness series of the simpler QRP transceivers
> and add-on kits.  Elecraft was a decade in the making.  
> 
> Close to 16 years ago Wayne and Eric teamed up to form Elecraft which gave
> us the K-2, K-1, K-3, and KX series.  The rest is history but that history
> was not made overnight.  It began with evolutionary growth through Norcal.
> It was NorCal that established their legitimacy as designers and
> high-quality kit producers.   
> 
> Paul, W9AC 
> 
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