[TenTec] Current state of TenTec?

[Gary Smith]

TenTec has always been close to me, When 
deciding which radio would be better than 
my TR7, the then new Corsair II caught my 
eye and I've had it ever since. I 
inherited an Omni V and though it was a 
fine radio, it was not as reliable as the 
Corsair so I let it go.

I was deciding between the Orion 2 & the 
Elecraft K3 and was put off by how 
infrequently the updates to the Orion were 
being made and impressed with the 
frequency of the updates to the K3, so I 
went with the K3.

I've always loved TenTec, partially 
because they were made in the USA, I'd 
been to the plant in Sevierville but 
mostly what a fantastic radio the Corsair 
was and it did everything asked of it and 
was reliable.

I knew the company had been sold and 
things were up in the air a couple years 
ago but last night I went to the TenTec 
website and when I clicked on the 
different radios my browser warned me the 
HTTPS was not valid so I had to remove 
that from the url and then I could get to 
the pages. The Omni 7 said not available 
and overall I was surprised with the 
non-functioning web pages. That, and 
they're not making the Omni 7 any more.

What's the status of the company? Are they 
now like Colins, National & Drake or is 
the ham aspect still alive?

Thanks & 73,

Gary
KA1J