I'm setting here looking at my Kenwood and TenTec equipment wondering what
all the fuss is about color. The Kenwood is two shades of gray. The Delta is
a olive gray. The Omni C is black and chrome and my Hercules II is light
gray with some black buttons. The IC-706 is black all over and my Heath
DX-20 is gray. The HQ-150 is 2 tone gray, Triton IV is black with silver and
the Knight T60 is gray.
My older TT stuff is cream colored with wood grain contact paper.
My PC and monitor are white but I wish they were black. At our company, IBM
has started shipping black PCs and monitors. They look so much better in a
business enviroment than the white PCs.
I think TenTec's change of color is symbolic of them moving into a new
generation of digital technology. To have kept the same color scheme may
have been more negative to potential buyers.
So thanks for not making it blue to match my Tek scopes or that horrible
Heathkit green. BMW black with chrome wheels is just fine.
Steve
N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Miller" <k4sqr@juno.com>
To: <Wa4aos@aol.com>
Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Titan III Color
> Glen & Readers;
>
> At the March 2002 Charlotte Hamfest, with the RX-340 receiver to its
> right, the Orion simply looked ugly and I stated this to Scott Robbins.
> He later inferred ALL Amateur lines will go to black soon. He seemed to
> take the comments personally, stating "Here comes trouble" when I
> returned to look at it again Sunday morning. And no, he was not smiling .
> So that is a big strike if this is Ten-Tec's "new road" to ignore
> current/past customers opinions.
> Too bad Ten-Tec is giving up the Omni gray color so popular these past 15
> + - years to copy "JA Black".
> I believe the Centurion is now all black.
> As I told Scott, I will not buy a new Orion, because I have to look at my
> purchase when operating.
>
> Regards,
> Jim, K4SQR
>
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:41:29 EDT Wa4aos@aol.com writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Sure would be nice if some of the Titan III's come in Corsair Gray
> > to Match
> > the Omni 6 and others. A black Orion look a like would be VERY ugly
> > next to
> > the Omni 6, Corsair II, Paragon and other rigs...Maybe a small
> > production run
> > in C.G. ????
> >
> > Glenn WA4AOS
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