I don't even know what a claptrap is, so it couldn't be too bad!
Maybe somebody can clue me in "off-line".
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:43 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] where do you get your CLAP TRAP?
Upon reflection, Wade makes an excellent point: my use of the word
"claptrap" is regrettable and I sincerely apologize to any and all affected.
I should have used the much better word "humbug."
Kim N5OP
"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> On Jan 28, 2015, at 1:13, Wade Staggs <tvman1954@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *Where can I get a Clap Trap? Do they remove all of the Clap from your
> signal? hi .. hi .. My Friends tell me that my Clap Trap is always
running.
> Is it normal for one to do that? My signal would probably be much
> cleaner with a better Clap Trap installed. *
> * 73 to All from Wade/KJ4WS *
>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Martin Pelt <n4uu73@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> John,
>>
>> I love contesting and very satisfied with my Orion's. Guess I better
>> get back to working on my antennas. Lots of storms here on Monkey Island.
>>
>> 73, Martin N4UU
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:35 PM, John King via TenTec <
>> tentec@contesting.com
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Kim, why did you interpret my very flattering email about my
>>> experience with Ten Tec as NEGATIVE? It was meant to be very
>>> complimentary of Ten
>> Tec.
>>> My experience with Ten Tec goes back on a personal and business
>>> basis
>> with
>>> Larry Worth, Garland Jenkins and Jack Burchfield goes back over 35
>>> years when Al Kahn was still there and alive. Sounds like you need
>>> an attitude adjustment.
>>>
>>> I doubt that people who are holding their breath for a contest
>>> radio
>> that
>>> speaks for them, logs their contact, keeps their coffee warm, and
>>> dispenses amphetamines so they can stay a week to make three Zillion
>> points
>>> in the Super Ego Good Buddy Contest from Monkey Island and gives
>>> them an attitude adjustment when they only make 11 Zillion pointsr
>>> will ever be satisfied with a transceiver selling for less than
>>> $13,000.00 and a
>> handful
>>> of Big Bubba Automatic Rachet Jaw Coupons. Big Bubba Automatic
>>> Ratchet Coupons are very hard to acquire and set the possessor apart
>>> from the average Amateur thereby making that beloved Contest Radio
>>> unobtainable by Rag Chewers.
>>>
>>> I was merely sharing my good experiences with Ten Tec and sharing my
>>> not so satisfactory experiences with Rockwell Collins. By the way, I
>>> probably have more Collins Radios than you have Ten Tec and probably
>>> more Ten Tecs than you. Your extreme defensiveness reminds me of a
>>> paranoid client I
>> once
>>> had. In closing, I do have HOPE and DO SUPPORT Ten Tec by doing more
>> than
>>> being merely defensive. I do promote Ten Tec and have nothing but
>>> great regard for Ten Tec.Think about your what you are attacking next
time .
>> 73,
>>> John, K5PGW
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