[SixClub] New Ten Tec rig

Mon Sep 27 01:05:36 EDT 2010

On 9/26/2010 9:52 PM, P. George Yazzolino wrote:
> When the FT-920 came out i bought one at full price about $2,000.oo dollars. then i the end they wear $1,200,oo with free bee's along with it, just like buying a new car wait till the price come down after every one got one. you will pay halve price as new one where
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The Icom 7000 so far has not followed that rule like most rigs have.  If 
anything I think the 7000 is going for a bit more than they did when 
they first came out.  OTOH the big rigs will most likely show a slow 
price attrition. I think the 7000 will hang on until they have something 
to replace it ready to ship.  For $1200 including the remote kit it is 
one whale of a radio that covers 1.8 through the 440MHz band and all in 
between. That said, as I've mentioned before, I don't particularly care 
for it or the Yaesu 897D. This would not be a problem for some one who 
only operates six meters, or mainly sticks to one band and mode.  I do 
like all the features, but not going through layers of menus to use them 
which is the only way you are going to be able to access all those 
features in such a small package. The same is true for *most* of today's 
duoband 144/440 rigs and HTs.  To really get the most out of the rigs 
you need a copy of the manual with you. OTOH it's a good reason for 
having all your mobiles the same.  IOW club stations, EOC, 
organizations, and your personal station.

We (my wife-N8JBW and I) have duoband mobiles in both cars as well as 
duobanders in the house and shop. (I think the rig is almost worth more 
than my 11 year old car.)  If it's only changing frequencies it's no big 
deal, but when setting up HTs and mobiles to run *locked* cross band 
repeat it can be a royal pain in the back side just between models of 
the same make. An example would be Kenwood's TM-V7A and the TM-D700. 
Although not completely intuitive the TM-D700 is far easier to set up 
and make changes (without the manual) than the TM-V7A and they are very 
different when it comes to setting them up for cross band repeat which 
is something I do during emergencies and as talk-in for the local swap 
every year.  For that I can set the little Yaesu HT on the 440 band 
running 100 mw while listening on the output of the Midland repeater 
which is 147.00.  With a head set (or bluetooth for the latest 
incarnation) I can walk around the displays inside and out in the trunk 
sales and still serve as talk-in station. That is until the PA comes on 
so loud I can not hear the receiver through the headset.  Guess I need 
my aviation ANRs<:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Geiger"<aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club"<sixclub at mailman.qth.net>, doc at kd4e.com
> Cc: "WD5USA"<wd5usa at sbcglobal.net>, "AF5Q"<af5q at yahoo.com>, "W5XTL"<jeramy at w5xtl.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:58:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] New Ten Tec rig
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> 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.
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> 73s John AA5JG
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> --- On Sun, 9/26/10, doc at kd4e.com<doc at kd4e.com>  wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> http://ke9v.net/
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>> "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."
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>> 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.
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>>> Is TenTec not allowed to promote it yet?
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>>> I don't see it on their Web site.
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>>> Any rumors as to price and other features?
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> http://www.rigpix.com/tentec/eagle.htm
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>>>> 73s John AA5JG
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