It should be pointed out that for years under the original ownership, there
were many who said that the loved Ten Tec equipment, but thought it was too
high priced compared to the stuff imported from the Far East. Many even
admitted that they settled for lesser rigs for that reason and that reason
alone.
I've seen some of the new gear coming out of Japan. Even gotten my hands on
it. Are they impressive? Yes. Is the price quite reasonable? Certainly.
Do they hold a candle, in terms of actual on air operation, to an Omni VI+,
an Orion, or even a (*gasp*) Elecraft K3 or K3S? NO.
You get what you pay for. Sometimes you pay for bells and whistles and
sacrifice performance. (And we can say that about a LOT of things outside
of Amateur Radio, too)
The question is, are there at least 100 hams willing to commit to buying an
Eagle, should production resume? I would if I could, even knowing that the
price will be around $2K. But not everyone can or will feel that way.
73, ron w3wn
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 6:59 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Bring back the corsair 2
Actually, I think several of us answered Mike's question saying that $1699
sounded too high.
73, Barry N1EU
On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Steve Berg <wa9jml@frontier.com> wrote:
> Well so far none of us has answered Mike's question about buying his
> first lot of 100 Eagles. I am willing to commit to purchasing one,
> but that is a grand total of 1% of what he needs to sell to make the
> production run viable.
>
> I ran an Eagle at the factory station some years back, and was very
> impressed. It was like someone took my Argonaut II and greatly
> improved its performance.
>
> Dreaming about Chinese built Corsair II's is very nice, and
> pontificating on how Ten Tec really should produce a software defined
> super rig is fine, but Mike needs to have some cash flow to stay viable.
>
> My $0.02 worth...
>
> Steve WA9JML
>
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