You guys must not have anything else to do on
a weekend <g>, as I have already received a large
number of corrections and updates for part A
on Dates of Development in my summary.
To save a bit of time in getting more of the same
dates repeated to me, since the corrected list is
very different in order, below is an updated version
of just the dates for review. Thanks so far to Winston,
Wade, Larry, and Al, who gave me some critical
corrections. I also fixed several typos. Please
keep the corrections coming to me.
Thanks.
Kevin, K9IUA, k9iua@juno.com
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A. Order of development/production:
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[Dates indicate year of production start, if known
(dates in parenthesis are QST or CQ reviews);
Most of the start-production dates have question marks.]
Powermite series
-- modules TX-1, MX-1, VO-1, AA-1 -- 1969?
-- models PM-1, PM-2 / PM-2A / PM-2B, PM-3 / PM-3A -- 1969/1970
"Hollow state" Modules (TX-100, RX-10, VFO-200) -- 1971/1972 ?
Argonaut 505 -- 1971
Argonaut 509 -- 1973
Triton I/II -- 1973 and 1974 ?
Triton IV 540 -- 1975
Century 21 Analog -- 1976? (12/77)
Argonaut 515 -- c1978/1979
Triton IV Digital/Model 544 -- 1978? (7/79)
Omni A -- 1979
Omni D -- 1979
Delta 580 -- 1979?
Omni A/D Series B -- late 1979?
Century 21 Digital -- ??
Omni C -- ??
Argosy 525 -- 1980? (10/80)
Corsair I -- 1982?
Argosy II 525D -- 1982 (10/82)
Century 22 -- 1984 (5/85)
[An advertisement in QST for AES, which was selling Ten Tec
back in 1984, lists the Century 22, Argosy II, and Corsair I,
with the original Argosy 525 on closeout at $399.95!]
Corsair II -- 1987? (8/87)
Paragon I 585 -- 1988? (5/88)
Omni V -- 1990? (11/90)
Argonaut II -- "Available Oct 1990"? (1/92)
Delta II -- "Available Nov 1990"? (1/92)
(My Ten Tec brochure, which must have been printed
sometime in late 1990, indicates the above two availability
dates for the Argonaut II / Delta II, but it may have
been just wishful thinking and it was early 1991)
Omni VI -- 1992 (1/93)
Paragon II 586 -- sometime before July 1993
Scout 555 -- early 1993 (12/93)
[I have a brochure I received in late 1993 from Ten Tec
that pictures the Paragon I, Delta II, and Argonaut II,
but with separate inserts for the Scout 555 and Omni VI 563.
The included July 1993 price list gives the Paragon II,
Omni VI, Scout 555, and the Argonaut II/Delta II]
Argo Scout 556 -- late 1993 or early 1994?
Omni VI+ -- 1997? (11/97)
T-Kit Single-Band Transceivers (1320, 1330, 1340, etc.) -- 1998
Pegasus -- 1999 -- May @ Dayton (2/2000)
Jupiter -- late 2000
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Kevin Anderson, K9IUA, Lincoln/Bismarck ND
e-mail: K9IUA@juno.com Opinions all my own.
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