[TenTec] Orion designer

[Rick Cochran]

Thanks for the response.  It just seems odd that no former employees advertise privately to repair Ten Tec gear.

It's getting more difficult to sell a Ten Tec rig due to uncertainty.

Thanks,

WO8L 

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> On Oct 28, 2017, at 4:17 PM, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
> 
> Rick,
> 
> I'm at least 6,000 miles away, across a big pond, and I visited Ten-Tec only
> once in my life.
> I don't think that makes me an expert on Ten-Tec.
> 
> I have known Jack Burchfield for over 40 years and still correspond with
> him.
> 
> I can indeed tell you where 3 of the people went.  They work with me.  
> Scott, Stan and Shannon all work at Vibroplex/Spiderbeam.
> 
> Over the years I knew several others but most have long since retired.
> 
> Surely there are dozens of others in our group who can better answer your
> question than I can.
> 
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rick
> Cochran via TenTec
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 9:27 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Cc: Rick Cochran
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion designer
> 
> You seem to know about Ten Tec so here's my question.  What happened to all
> the people who worked for Ten Tec over the years?
> 
> There must be people who can repair these rigs.  Or were they required to
> sign some kind of non-compete agreement?
> 
> 73s,
> 
> Rick
> WO8L 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2017, at 2:11 PM, rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Jack Burchfield assisted with his team of engineers did the overall
> design.
>> Jack knows about as much about DSP software design as I do about Brain 
>> Surgery.
>> What I liked about his concept was the idea of having two different 
>> receiver technologies.
>> Gives us the best of both worlds.
>> 
>> Some argue they want both receivers to be equally good.
>> Equally good also means equally bad because there are arguments for 
>> both technologies.
>> 
>> 73
>> Rick, DJ0IP
>> 
>> 
>> 
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