Wow. Way too much mean here.
Just because the ham who designed it is from China doesn't make it a
problem rig. He has a lot of them here - check out the HB-1A yahoo
group. No issues with the rig. Works fine and I've been around radio
35 years and I really, really like mine. Everything TenTec sells is
not made in the US, but that doesn't make this deal a problem. I've
had lots of rigs, Drakes and Hallicrafters and lots of Kenwoods and
TenTecs back and forth for a lot of years, and most have been good,
and maybe not quite so good, rigs at different times and with
different models by different manufacturers.
To denigrate the guy who designed this rig in such ways just because
he is Chinese is totally unfair to not only him, but to every ham
everywhere who is working at his (or her) workbench on a piece of gear
he is designing for all of us to use. Not everything designed by those
in the ham community from this country has been wonderful, and not all
from some other country would be either. But his rigs have been out
there a pretty good while and have a good reputation. There are a lot
out there an very, very few on the used market. They work, and work
well.
And the fact that they are solid rigs is why obviously TenTec is his
distribution point. What the heck is wrong with that? He has had
serious issues getting the radio to the market and needed a good
distributor and TenTec apparently checked him out well and decided it
would work for both of them. Surely a company that has been such a
stalwart of the ham community and so well respected would check him
the rig and all possibilities (including quality of design and
production) out well, would they not?
Ease up. This is a ham in another country like our own Steve Weber or
Dan Tayloe or the Elecraft guys or a multitude of others who design
and have designed a rig. He is a ham. That he is Chinese and not
American should make no difference to a community that is as
international as the ham community is and always has been.
One opinion. Mine.
Michael Goins
Professor, Writing
University of Texas at San ANtonio
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Walt Amos <waltk8cv4612amos@att.net> wrote:
> I think guys who sell on the " E " place go to great trouble to solve
> problems so as to NOT have a bad rating! We should not be saying he is a
> CROOK unless you know for sure! Not that I want or have a HB-1A or TT-2030
> or like imports, but I sure do have a lot of them. Some Yaesu rigs are made
> in China. I got some cut up Broccoli at COSTCO and low and behold, it was a
> product of CHINA ! Now there's something to worry about if you want to worry
> ! :-)))
>
> Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding
>
>
>> Oh.... gee... I don't know... what is the price difference ? Maybe
>> the price differential would induce one to take the gamble.
>>
>> Of course, even if TT does not burn them in, having a local vendor
>> willing to stand up in case of defect or damage in shipping is worth A
>> LOT.
>>
>> A lot of SWLs buy those inexpensive Kaito or Degen 1102 SW rigs from a
>> guy in China... while I purchased mine for a little more from a business
>> in Texas... just to have the assurance I was dealing with a domestic
>> vendor in case of any warranty, damage in shipping, or other problems.
>>
>> ====================== JHR ================================
>>
>> On 5/25/2010 2:33 PM, Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP wrote:
>>
>>> Our choices are:
>>> 1. buy an unknown radio from an unknown supplier in china, cheap
>>> 2. buy that same radio for more money but from a US distributor who burns
>>> in
>>> their radios and has renowned service.
>>
>>> I think it would be foolish to choose #1.
>>
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