[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 116, Issue 45

[Warren Elly]

Tentec ain't the real deal - even the japs put am
In their rigs

73
Warren
W1gud




> On Sep 27, 2013, at 9:28 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For a long time Ten Tec derided the idea of including AM as a mode in
> their SSB-CW plastic radios.  I've been told they'd sneer at anyone
> who asked for AM to be included as a mode.  I think one rig, the
> Paragon included fake AM (one sideband plus injected carrier) but that
> was it.  For a long time they were known for making good CW
> transceivers.  I still own one that I use for that occasionally and
> also as a signal source.  But their marketing must have told them CW
> is a dead end so they've thrown CW under the bus evidently, because
> now their ad slogan is "The SSB Company."  Since Ten Tec never made a
> boatanchor I'll stop here.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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