Just called them - they stopped making the 1380 (80m) for the moment
because of what the salesguy called a technical problem that they don't
presently have the engineering resources to correct, BUT that, not to
worry, the 20, 30, and 40m kits are still being made and sold like
hotcakes.
* Scott Rosenfeld NF3I Burtonsville, MD FM19mc QRV 80-10/6/2/440 *
* 6m 80 grids on 8w * DXCC WAS WAC * QRP-L #147 * QRP ARCI #9054 *
* Charter member, Maryland Milliwatters * W3-VK on 3w mobile CW *
*** 301-549-1022 h / 301-982-1015 w ** Life is one big hamfest ***
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, George H. Collier wrote:
> Dear Fellow TenTec Owners,
>
> I am curious about this. I asked my XYL for such a kit for Xmas. When she
> called them to order it TenTec told her that they had stopped making the
> kits since they thought their performance was too poor!
>
> Anybody have any info on this? I am still in the market for an 80 M QRP
> rig.
>
>
>
> George H. Collier KC2BIS collier@bellcore.com
> Polar Star Sleddog Team EMT-B/Rescue 44 malamute-l owner
> *** Long Live the Polar Husky ***
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nat Davis [SMTP:ndavis@vt.edu]
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 1997 11:28
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] TT QRP kits
>
> I built the 40m QRP kit last spring. It is a great kit and worth every
> penny of the $100 is costs!
>
> The kit itself oges together well. The instruction manual is very thorough
> and simple to follow. Assembly is done in 7 or 8 phases with testing done
> after about half of them. As a result, my kit worked the first time!
>
> In terms of actual operations, I did not expect too much performance from
> the radio... boy was I wrong! For such an inexpensive radio, the receiver
> is pretty darn "hot." The crystal filter network does a decent job at a BW
> of something like 1Khz (am doing this from memory so my specs may be
> off..).
> Transmitter puts out 3-5 watts based on your power supply. The QSK seems
> flawless to me -- very very clean.
>
> I took this rig to the NC beach this past summer. While my family was out
> getting skin cancer on the beach, I operated into a 40m dipole strung
> around
> the deck of the house were were staying in. I made contacts all up and
> down
> the east coast and well into Canada. The universal comment I got was that
> I
> did not "sound" like a QRP rig! I took that as my best indicator of
> transmitting performance!
>
> I love my rig. Hope you decide to buy one and will like yours too.
>
> 73,
>
> Nat Davis, N4BTO
>
>
>
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