Besides, it's the old farts who have the money to buy new radios.
73, Barry N1EU
On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick@dj0ip.de> wrote:
> "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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