I agree, Dave. Our local radio club here in southern Arizona has a;
weekly net on 20 SSB during the summer months, so the "snowbirds" who go north
in the summer can stay in touch. It's pretty much the only SSB operating I
do, except for putting my KWM-2/30L-1 on the Collins collectors' net.
Anyway, a couple of years ago I was net control and Bob Heil checked in. When
I told him I was using an Orion II, he replied "I helped design the
transmit audio section of that." Yes, T-T has very good SSB. That's fine
with
me, as long as they don't forget us CW ops!
73 Ray W2RS
In a message dated 6/21/2010 6:51:04 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
d.e.warnick@comcast.net writes:
This one has been beaten to death and back on this reflector recently.
John has even given the reasoning from TenTec .
Many times when I tell a fellow ham that I use a TenTec ----- the first
resp[onse is 'Oh, you must be a CW operator'. I am, but I also use SSB,
RTTY and PSK, but the name TenTec is only associated with CW. They always have
and always will provide great CW with QSK as only they can. However, they
have also provided great phone and digital modes, though they are not known
for it. The term 'the SSB compayny' is an attempt to get some recognition
for that. After all, if TenTec were to sell only to CW ops and not phone or
digital ops, their market would be greatly diminished. It is to the
advantage of all of us that they expand that coverage by letting everyone know
that they are excellent in other modes. If they grow that way, they may have
greater resources to devote to all modes, CW included. So, let's support
them, rather than this constant bickering over every little detail that
doesn't cater to our particular wants and wishes.
There, I couldn't push delete againh without saying my piece. If you don't
agree, just hit delete. I respect that, too
Dave
WA3MKB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin" <martin@ok1rr.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 2:24:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [TenTec] Ten-Tec the SSB company?
It struck me dumb to see the 'Ten-Tec, the SSB company'. Our late Al
Kahn, K4FW, must turn in his grave...
Should it be a response to the no-code expansion? What's the TT's
strategy for the future? With lack of support of Orion (565), some less
sophisticated solutions (no memory tuner in 565, some software
glitches...) will TT also leave the tradition of great CW features?
73
Martin, OK1RR
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