A lot of it is nostalgia. I dreamed of having a Collins station when
first licensed in 1965, but it was too rich for my blood.
At one point not too many years ago, I bought some gear that took me
back to my roots as a young ham.
My Elmer had a Drake 2-B/2-BQ, so I bought those in his memory. I had
an early R-4/T-4X and now have the R-4C/T-4XC and a TR-4C.
The R-4C with the Sherwood mods still has impressive sensitivity as
compared with the latest and greatest rigs today.
I'd think that one of the major costs in re-creating the C-Line would be
the tube complement. Getting tubes in any quantity might be difficult,
not to mention expensive.
No Orions or Omni-VII here, but my T-T stable includes an Omni-VI+ as
well as the QRP rigs: Argo 556, Argonaut V and the "6N2."
73 de Jim - AD6CW
On 9/29/2010 6:59 AM, Duane Calvin wrote:
Guess I'm a notch below you, Lee. I have a Drake B-line, and an Orion I.
:o)
73, Duane
Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
www.ac5aa.com
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of kc9cdt@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:25 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] The Eagle inflation costs, etc.
I asked Bill Frost at Drake if they would start making the C line
again...he said it could be done...how much would I pay for it?
Then he said it would be over $4,000.
Labor would be a killer..He said get a great one from the list or
E-pay. I did.
Also have a OII. It's fun to do both.
73,
Lee, KC9CDT
-----Original Message-----
From: Richards<jruing@ameritech.net>
To: geraldj@weather.net; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
<tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 1:56 am
Subject: Re: [TenTec] The Eagle inflation costs, etc.
Yep - I thought so ! ;-)
Then, why would anyone want a new radio ? How did this happen ?
OK... I am being sarcastic, but really, all this chatter about
how good it was in the old days is getting me down. Everyone seems
to say how good it was in the old days, but their shacks are filled
with modern gear. I don't get it.
I suspect there must have been trade-offs and compromises as things
GOT BETTER OVER TIME. Right ? Otherwise, we should start a company
that makes the old stuff again. There seems to be a market for it.
And I respect Gerry's comment as coming from an insider, and also
he MUST be able to identify the compromises and trade-offs that
were made that would cause us to tolerate lower intermod performance in
newer rigs.
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