greg, do you still have the delta II - would you entertain 450 shipped? i can
do paypal. hows the backlight? can you send some pictures?
73, john
> From: al0a@pivot.net
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 07:53:52 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Wanted: TT Delta II
>
> John,
>
> I have a Delta II that I dont use very much. I am interested in selling it
> for that reason. Works good and looks good.
>
> I includes a Manual. Shipped for $500 east of the Mississipi.
>
> I can answer any questions, send pictures, etc.
>
> Greg Breeden
> AL0A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "john ferro" <foxbat426@hotmail.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:37 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Wanted: TT Delta II
>
>
> >
> > greetings, looking to purchase a ten tec delta II - i really like ten tecs
> > and this one would seem to fit the bill - its small and more simple
> > operation it seems, just what i'm looking for after a stint with a flex
> > radio SDR-1000.
> >
> > 73, john
> >
> >> From: wmgoins@gmail.com
> >> Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 21:29:54 -0500
> >> To: tentec@contesting.com
> >> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New TT website
> >>
> >> He was also apparently having distribution issues. There were a couple
> >> of people handling the rig for him here - at least one in the US and
> >> another in Canada - but it didn't seem to be working out. He even sold
> >> them on the auction site and sold some as kits.
> >>
> >> I tried to find one new and simply could not. Nothing to be found
> >> through Internet searches or whatever. Did find one from a ham who had
> >> two and the truth is that I really, really like it.
> >>
> >> No one but insiders will ever really know, but it LOOKS like he cut a
> >> deal with TT that works for both of them. It's a cool little radio and
> >> he has a solid distribution partner. Do I wish it was a TenTec
> >> designed and built rig - yep. But it's 2010 and it's simple global
> >> economics.
> >>
> >> Michael Goins, k5wmg
> >> Pipe Creek, Texas
> >> Fast cars, slow boats, big dogs, little yellow radios, and summers off to
> >> write
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2010/5/23 Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>:
> >> > I've been doing a little checking, and I have yet to hear or read
> >> > anything
> >> > significantly bad about the BD4RG HB-1A rig.
> >> >
> >> > So let's do a small reality check. Ten-Tec wants to introduce a new
> >> > QRP
> >> > radio, they come across this design, they find out that they can have a
> >> > version of it built for them at an affordable price. So what's not to
> >> > like?
> >> >
> >> > Would I have preferred that it be built in Tennessee? Certainly. But
> >> > for
> >> > the company to survive, it may have been inevitable that some of their
> >> > manufacturing would be out-sourced, just to stay competitively priced.
> >> >
> >> > We don't know all the details, we may never know them, and for that
> >> > matter,
> >> > it's probably not all for the public ears anyway. It could be that
> >> > they are
> >> > currently so busy with equipment (amateur, commercial, and military)
> >> > that
> >> > they couldn't squeeze something else into the production line schedule,
> >> > for
> >> > example. So this is not necessarily a bad thing.
> >> >
> >> > And let's be realistic. Let's say Ten-Tec decides, for example, to
> >> > introduce a small mobile HF rig... imagine an updated Argonaut V with
> >> > 100 W
> >> > output, for example. [I used to talk about such a possibility with
> >> > Scott,
> >> > way back when, and the answer I got was that it wasn't cost effective
> >> > for
> >> > Ten-Tec to do so -- the interest was there, but they couldn't price it
> >> > in
> >> > such a way as to be affordable (and competitive with others) and
> >> > profitable.] If this new radio works out, and the opportunity presents
> >> > itself, let's say that the new rig CAN be built at BD4RG's facility...
> >> > and
> >> > the retail cost to you is $599 or less. Would you buy that radio, even
> >> > if
> >> > it were made overseas? [I know I'd strongly consider it if I had the
> >> > shekels to spend at the time... and probably would] And the
> >> > alternative
> >> > is... no radio at any price?
> >> >
> >> > My biggest concern however... well, a few of you on the list remember
> >> > the
> >> > Drake TR-22. Which was built for them with their design by a company
> >> > called
> >> > Trio. What happened next? Well, do you remember the Trio-Kenwood
> >> > TR-2200?
> >> > The rest I leave as an intellectual exercise for the curious.
> >> >
> >> > The bottom line is that this is going to be very interesting. I hope
> >> > for
> >> > Ten-Tec's sake (and for ours, for that matter) that it works out well.
> >> > We
> >> > shall see.
> >> >
> >> > And with any luck, come this fall, I will be able to get my hands on
> >> > one
> >> > myself.
> >> >
> >> > 73, ron w3wn
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> >> > [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> >> > On Behalf Of Bwana Bob
> >> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 2:32 PM
> >> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> >> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] New TT website
> >> >
> >> > It looks like it was designed to compete with the Elecraft KX-1 and the
> >> > Hendricks TFR. Personally, I would prefer a kit radio.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 73,
> >> >
> >> > Bob WB2VUF
> >> >
> >> > Michael Goins wrote:
> >> >> Yep. It's the Chinese rig by BD4RG with TenTec's name now on it. If
> >> >> you pull up the manuals for the rig the schematic is still the same
> >> >> and it has HB-1A on it.
> >> >>
> >> >> This is a really a fun little rig and the price is pretty good built
> >> >> and ready to go. The audio is a little raspy on the original ones and
> >> >> a little low. Wonder if it was corrected for this version and hte
> >> >> schematic just hasn't been changed on the instruction sheets. Again, I
> >> >> wonder why they split it into 20/30 and 30/40 when the original is
> >> >> 20/30/40. Find that a little odd.
> >> >>
> >> >> Mike
> >> >> Pipe Creek, Texas
> >> >> Fast cars, slow boats, big dogs, little radios, and summers off to
> >> >> write
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> 2010/5/21 Fotis SV8ING <sv8ing@yahoo.gr>:
> >> >>> It's www.tentec.com
> >> >>> and I see there a new TT site!
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 73
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Fotis SV8ING Papadellis
> >> >>>
> >> >>> GREECE
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --- Στις Παρ., 21/05/10, ο/η Kris Merschrod <Kris@merschrod.net>
> >> >>> έγραψε:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Από: Kris Merschrod <Kris@merschrod.net>
> >> >>> Θέμα: Re: [TenTec] New TT website
> >> >>> Προς: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> >> >>> Ημερομηνία: Παρασκευή, 21 Μάιος 2010, 14:37
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Good afternoon Fotis,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Please tell us where the new T T website is. That is, please send
> >> >>> the
> >> > www.
> >> >>> address or URL.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 73,
> >> >>> Kris KM2KM
> >> >>> Merschrod
> >> >>> 123 Warren Road
> >> >>> Ithaca, NY 14850
> >> >>> www.merschrod.net
> >> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >>> From: "Fotis SV8ING" <sv8ing@yahoo.gr>
> >> >>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> >> >>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:25 AM
> >> >>> Subject: [TenTec] New TT website
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> A new TT website is out there!
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> 73
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Fotis SV8ING Papadellis
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> GREECE
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
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