"Last" should always be taken with a grain of salt.
In 1980 I bought a brand new BMW 800 Motorcycle, and swore this would be my
last.
I was going to ride this one until I could no longer walk.
After that, I ended up buying 13 more motorcycles and all but 4 or 5 were
brand new.
In 2010 I bought a K3 and said it would be my last transceiver.
I've already bought 3 more since then.
"Last" should always be taken with a grain of salt.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richards
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 8:12 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Radios in the Future
Well said, Barry, ... but... the real question is:
Will you really buy it if they made it?
A LOT of hams SAY what they want in a new radio, but THEY WILL NEVER BUY
ONE. They plan to nurse their 25 year old TT ParaOmniOctoCentarion
well into the future, fixing it themselves, expecting TT to somehow make
a profit just stocking parts. That was a strong undercurrent in John
Henry's missives a few months back. I have lunch every Friday with a
swell gang of older hams - all of whom already own their last
transceiver. TT MUST follow the money to remain viable in a difficult
economy - those who stay the course and nurture radios as old as their
children do not represent the market for new radios.
----------------------- JHR ---------------------
On 11/1/2014 8:56 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> The hf rig front panel evolved its knobbed interface over a period of
> nearly 100 years. It works. I don't need no steenkin'
> smartphone/touchscreen/mouse/whatever modern interface for my radio.
> Sure, let the radio hardware be the latest greatest direct digital
> sampling, but keep my user interface classical.
>
> ________________________________________
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