[SixClub] New Ten Tec rig

[John Geiger]

Sounds like it will be in line with the Kenwood TS590 pricewise.  ANd remember, the TS570SG, Icom 746, and Yaesu FT920 all cost around that much when they came out, and that was in 1998 dollars.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Sun, 9/26/10, doc at kd4e.com <doc at kd4e.com> wrote:

> From: doc at kd4e.com <doc at kd4e.com>
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] New Ten Tec rig
> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>, "W5XTL" <jeramy at w5xtl.com>, "AF5Q" <af5q at yahoo.com>, "WD5USA" <wd5usa at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 7:38 PM
> Just found this:
> 
> http://ke9v.net/
> 
> "It covers 160-6 meters, 100 watts and receiver
> specifications that put it on par with the Orion, Omni VII,
> and Elecraft K3. No dual receive option. I heard $1799
> without the auto-tuner. Nice sized rig packing huge
> performance."
> 
> I'd like to own a modern USA-made HF+6 rig but that price
> places it
> way out of my league - and I imagine that of most Hams.
> Sigh.
> 
> > Is TenTec not allowed to promote it yet?
> > 
> > I don't see it on their Web site.
> > 
> > Any rumors as to price and other features?
> > 
> >> It covers 6m! and uses a downconversion IF scheme,
> so should have
> >> good receiver performance. Looks like it uses IF
> DSP as well for
> >> filtering.
> >> 
> >> http://www.rigpix.com/tentec/eagle.htm
> >> 
> >> 73s John AA5JG
> > 
> 
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