But are they going to burn these in?? Also the rig is advertised as a three
band rig 20, 30 & 40 on the china mfg website but only a two band 20&30 or
30&40 on the TT website.
Randy AB9GO
-----Original Message-----
>From: Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
>Sent: May 25, 2010 2:33 PM
>To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment' <tentec@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding
>
>Geoffry, you bring up an excellent point.
>
>Our choices are:
>1. buy an unknown radio from an unknown supplier in china, cheap
>2. buy that same radio for more money but from a US distributor who burns in
>their radios and has renowned service.
>
>I think it would be foolish to choose #1.
>
>I'm anxious to hear users' feedback on these rigs.
>
>73
>Rick
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
>On Behalf Of geoffrey mendelson
>Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:51 PM
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec rebranding
>
>
>On May 25, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Susan A Walker wrote:
>
>> I've often wondered why Ten-Tec didn't keep its engineering in
>> Sevierville and outsource production to the east. Certainly the build
>> quality and QC of its locally-produced transceivers are nothing
>> special.
>
>This is something completely different. The original radio was
>designed and manufactured in China. It was first sold as a kit via
>mail order. Then they were sold fully assembled. A relative of the
>factory owner lives in Canada, and started selling them in on Ebay.
>
>TenTec is taking the radios as they are built in China, slapping their
>name on them and selling them. In the computer business this is called
>OEM'ing, with TenTec being the OEM. (OEM in automotive terms is the
>exact opposite).
>
>There were complaints about a firmware bug limiting receiver
>performance, I expect they have been fixed by now.
>
>The big difference between is the TenTec is 2 band, the original is 3.
>I don't know, but I expect there will be a firmware patch on the
>internet to make it three band unless there is a hardware limitation.
>So far they are using the same schematics in their manual as the 3
>band version, so I doubt it.
>
>My expereince with Chinese manufactured goods is that they do not have
>the quality control the US consumers demand. If you watched the Orion/
>factory tour video, TenTec burns in their radios for 24 hours before
>they are released for shipping. I expect that they will do the same
>with the Chinese rigs. If not at first after a few months of a 5%-10%
>return rate, they will.
>
>>
>> Perhaps slapping a Ten-Tec logo on a radio made in China is a first
>> tentative step in that direction, although in the past Ten-Tec has put
>> its label on Astron power supplies, I believe. Don't know where
>> they're made.
>
>
>Who made their 2m HT?
>
>Geoff.
>
>--
>geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
>Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendelson@gmail.com
>New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge
>or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the
>situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found
>in the Wikipedia.
>
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