Rick,
That's Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ. In his 90's now and still director of District
10, OOTC.
73,
Troy, W6HV
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 7:03 PM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
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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