Exactly...that's why I prefer vintage....and TT.
By the way the TT is still the standard in QSK. My Orion II and the
Alpha work super together.
The K3 is pretty good too...maybe as good. My friend that has one says
it is great and he had a OII before (and admits he would like to have
it back)
73,
Lee
260-403-6936 Cell
-----Original Message-----
From: Garey Barrell <[email protected]>
To: drakelist <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Jun 18, 2011 11:36 am
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Ten-Tec and Drake Compared
I seem to have stepped on a few toes with my Ten-Tec characterization.
Granted,
that 'word' was
quite common in the 70s and 80s, but they seem to have gotten their act
together
more recently.
While I have never owned any of their gear (with the exception of a
1253 Regen)
I have operated
quite a few of their different transceivers. They all worked superbly,
and
certainly had the
definitive QSK for the time.
Obviously if you sell thousands of anything you're going to find a few
that have
a problem, and
fewer still that match a problem with a 'problem' customer! One irate
customer
can make a lot of
noise. I certainly don't intend to diss one of the few companies that
manufacture Ham gear in the
USA, but back then at least, you could ask just about any Ham and would
get that
'word'! :-)
Fast forward to today's imported radios, and service is just about
impossible,
even for the
factory. The multiplicity of 'features' of questionable value,
requiring an
inch thick manual to
decode all the multiple button presses have a lot more to 'go wrong'.
On the
bright side, there are
probably thousands of those 'features' that don't work, but the owner
either
never tried them, or
figured he just wasn't getting the right rhythm on the button!! :-)
This
doesn't even consider
the 250 pin flat-pak ICs that were custom built in limited quantity,
and are
only available as a
complete board swap. The price we pay for 'progress'.
One of the nicest features of the TR-7 is that there are only a couple
of
somewhat difficult to find
components. ALL were originally multi-sourced, standard catalog parts,
aside
from cosmetic stuff.
73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA
Drake 2-B, 2-C/2-NT, 4-A, 4-B, C-Line
and TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
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