Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)

["Jim Younce" <k4zm@comcast.net>]

WRL was owned by Leo Myeres


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)


> Well the Globe Chief actually was built by World Radio Labs (WRL) - I 
> think
> in Colorado.
> Was a great transmitter.
>
> I can't remember the name of the owner of that company but I saw just a
> couple of years ago that he was still around, alive and kicken.  It was 
> Leo
> something...
>
> 73
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Marshall Stewart
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 8:43 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah, Right)
>
> What about Globe Chief?  I made a lot of Q's with my Globe Chief 90A!
>
> 73,
> Marsh, KA5M
> Formerly K5ZNJ (1961)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >  From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Younce
> >  Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 4:17 PM
> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec  Equipment
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] "The End of Ten-Tec" (Yeah,  Right)
> >
> > I doubt that Ten-Tec is about to close the doors.   It is a fact that the
> > amateur market is only a small percentage of the  company's business.
> Their
> > biggest volume is the manufacture of tools  & dies and metal boxes for
> > electronic OEM manufactures.  The  amateur business was a labor of love
> for
> > Al Cohn and Jack  Birtchfield.  When Al sold Electro-Voice and bought
> >  Ten-Tec
> >
> > a tool and die manufacture they decided to build a ham  transceiver. Al
> has
> > since become a silent key and I am sure Jack is  ready for retirement or
> > already has retired.  Both were great  gentlemen to do business with and
> to
> > talk to on the  air.
> >
> > However, I am old enough to remember when National Radio,  Hallicrafters,
> > Drake, Regency, Multi-Elmac, Gonset, Central  Electronics, Swan
> > Electronics,
> > Atlas Radio, Harvey Wells,  Morrow Radio,  Clegg Laboratories,  Webster
> >  Bandspanner,  Walter Ashe,  Technical Material Corp.,  Barker  and
> > Williamson,  Peterson Radio,  James Millen,   Hammurland, EF Johnson,
> > Heathkit, World Radio Labs, Knight, Lafayette,  Eico, Ameco, Hornet
> > Antennas,
> >
> > RME Receivers, Master  Mobile Antennas, Collins, and several other
> American
> > ham radio  manufactures were major players in the manufacture and sales 
> > of
> > ham  radio gear.  Now we are down to two, Ten-Tec and MFJ.  Some of  the
> > exodus was caused but the failure of engineering departments to  keep up
> > with
> >
> > single sideband  technology but a  great deal of them fell from the Asian
> > manufacture  competetion.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Jim Yoiunce  K4ZM
> >
> >
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