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Re: [TenTec] obsolete parts

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] obsolete parts
From: wade staggs <tvman1954@gmail.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:53:21 -0500
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What !! They took the Orange Dot off of the emblem? Having never seen a New
Ten Tec up close it would have taken me a while to notice in the print
ad's, that I am Constantly Drooling over. This has added a new expense to
my first new Ten Tec Purchase. The stuff to do it, or have an artist put
the Orange Dot back..... Go Big Orange !!!!!!!!!!

73 de Wade/KJ4WS

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM, Rodney <w3krq@dejazzd.com> wrote:

> THE JUPITER I HAVE IS GRAY, I AGREE ON THE ARGONAUT V NO RF GAIN CONTROL,
> ALL RADIOS I HAD IN THE PAST HAD RF CONTROLS.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Farler
> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 6:16 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] obsolete parts
>
> This is starting to sound like the list when the Orion came
> out, and folks were standing in line to bash it!
> I try to take a reasonable look at their gear, and some of
> it has met my needs better than other models.
> I do like TenTec and their products, but they are not going
> to keep going off my purchases.
> I just like the older models better.  The biggest thing I
> see wrong with their direction is taking the rf gain out
> of the Scout and Argonaut V, and putting every thing
> in those hideous JBB's (Jap Black Boxes) which resemble
> a vcr, a blue-ray, or some other throw away consumer
> device.
> Another miscue was taking the little Orange dot from
> the middle of the emblem.  If you're not a Vol fan,
> you may not have noticed this.
>
> Last, not least, was advertising them as "The SSB Rig."
> That's not why I bought them!
>
> All spoken with tongue in cheek.....no flames, pls.
> Lighten up!
>
> John, K4AVX
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