On 7/5/2013 5:42 PM, PC Anderson wrote:
ends, everyone has one. There have been many opinions here on these
pages since the bad news.
Geeze, Andy, why is it such bad news?
I embarked on a dream. An all American and an all TenTec station.
I now have an Orion llAT, all filters ... 963 ...
709 mic... 302 keypad.... Centurion Amp, 238B tuner.
My pride is a TT526, aka 6n2.
Wow... but your dream has already come true!
How is your station compromised because they
cannot make more O IIs?
Your Orion II did not lose value, or stop
working or diminished in any way because
TT ceased production of new units. In fact,
it just MIGHT increase in value because it
has just become more RARE and hard to get.
I have an old GUILD guitar I purchased for
around $250 back in the late 1970s. Still
in good condition, it was just appraised for
close to $1400. They quit making this model
thirty years ago, but I don't feel slighted
by that in any way.
So, maybe your rig will increase in value
as time marches on. Why be sad... this
might be the best investment you ever made!
This gem took me to a first place in EPA section Jan 2012, single band
single op class. Not bad for a rig that TenTen also dropped.
Why despair... nearly all contests won in
the past were won on radios that are no
longer made. Your radio still works as
well as it ever did. Besides, if there
are fewer of them out there, you will
have a competitive edge. I would not
mind buying the last Ferrari ever made...
This is the only equipment I own.
I also have an all-TenTec station (OK...I
also have a radio made by another company)
but I won't feel cheated or slighted if TT
ceases production of any of my radios... in
fact they dropped the Jupiter and I have one.
It works just as well now as it did while
the model was still in production - and so
will your radio.
My first "novice" station includes:
Omni VII, Jupiter, Centurion, 238C tuner,
Model 1254 receiver kit, Model 1253 kit,
Model 1225 SWR meter kit, RX-320D, Model 715
processor, Model 777 headset (although I sold
it to one of the guys on the list), 963 Power
Supply, some TT adapters, etc. There is not
much more I could buy, other than the Eagle,
or the microphone equalizer, maybe.
It has been a good ride, too, I am luck to
have started out with some really good stuff,
and I have always been confident and proud
to describe my station equipment to other
guys.
I will still feel that way after they cease
production of the various models I own.
Will continue to check into the net on Sundays with my obsolete Oll.
You are kidding, right?
Why is the rig "obsolete" - it still works
as well as it always did, and should gain
value over time.
------------------- K8JHR ------------------
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