[TenTec] Inspired by TenTec!

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

It appears that I will be selling my Tentec 238 tuner in the near 
future.  This tuner was purchased new by me from Tentec in March 1996.   
I did replace the elastic dial cord and pilot lamps with original 
materials in May of 2014.  They are still good working condition.   This 
tuner has always been on my desk in our non-smoking home.   It works great!

I did upgrade the 4 pairs of disk ceramic capacitors, which do heat and 
change value under certain load conditions and at near legal limit 
power.   These were replaced with quality RF rated doorknob capacitors.  
Also I replaced C7 & C8 with a RF rated doorknob capacitor.

In terms of radio performance and quality, in August 2015, I did 
purchase a new Elecraft K3S.  After almost 36 months of daily usage, I 
can say about this radio there is clearly a difference in performance 
and quality  as compared to others including Yaesu, Kenwood and Tentec.

The new breed of SDR radios are offering some nice features at bargain 
prices, but I don't think the performance is there at this time.

As to Tentec, they are alive and moving forward.  The commercial 
products have been their salvation.  They are servicing the last/current 
models in Sevierville as well as the commercial work.  They are 
reportedly looking for real estate in order to move the manufacturing 
facility.  All of this is tentative and I'm not aware of any paperwork 
being passed.    Stay tuned.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 7/19/2018 4:18 PM, Byron Cordes via TenTec wrote:
> Have to agree with Rick , SDR with big display Is what most ham want. However l would like to see a filter up radio with SDR. I do run a filter radio with high cost filters but it does work better on the weak stations the other 98% of the time the SDR radio works great ! Looks impressive too.
>    Maybe Ten Tec could bring back the 238 tuner!
> I have one and been looking for one more they just don’t come up for sale. But to bring in a new radio would be hard. Icom 7300 has changed the radio world and that’s the radio Ten Tec would be up against unless the go for a top  end  radio $5000 or  more . there is some interest one band wonders . Inexpensive !  Can’t make much money on them .
>    If they would just sell anything it would give some hope but it is what it is.
>    I have sold both of my Orion’s and my Eagle. Keeping the Omni VI plus (I can work on it)  and a Drake r4c and use a cheap SDR for a monitor as I think the ship is going down Captain!
>   Byron AC9PA
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jul 19, 2018, at 3:31 PM, Rick at dj0ip.de wrote:
>>
>> Well don't expect too much from a single conversion 9 MHz radio these days.
>> 14 or 15 people might buy one but the other 5000 hams want an SDR radio.
>>
>> Good Xtal filters cost $100 each and you need at least 2 or 3 to have a half
>> way decent radio
>>
>> My heart is in sync with you, but my brain says . . .  "sorry Charlie, no
>> way!"
>>
>> 73,
>> Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec <tentec-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Don Rasmussen via
>> TenTec
>> Sent: 19 July 2018 22:14
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Cc: Don Rasmussen <wb8yqj at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [TenTec] Inspired by TenTec!
>>
>> Would be really nice to see something like this actually come along from
>> TenTec. ;-) de Wb8yqj Don
>> https://swling.com/blog/2018/05/the-mission-rgo-one-a-new-50-watt-all-mode-h
>> f-transceiver/
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