JF> It's easy to get replacement parts from Ten-Tec, but getting tech
 JF> support is proving to be difficult: I sent a letter several months
 JF> ago detailing errors in the manual and the microphone problem, but
 JF> didn't get a reply. A second letter got a response from the sales
   
Sorry to hear that. i enjoy very much putting together kits and the like,
and i am not real good at scavaging (sp?) the parts. I rely too much on the 
kit supplier to provide everything, and am not technical enough to wing it 
without a comprehensive manual.
   
 JF> So, would I recommend the radio? Depends if you prefer kits to
 JF> running an appliance, or want to support a U.S. company. The kit
 JF> costs less, but has only 15 memories, no fast-tuning switch
    
sure, you have to give up something for a compromise of cost and complexity. 
to expensive or too complicated and you loose the small market that is left 
to build kits. 
    
 JF> search of maximum profit, I don't know if any U.S. ham-oriented
 JF> business can survive.
   
a sad but true statement.
  
ii was thinking of trying one of the qrp cw transcievers, but now i must give 
it more thought.
thanks for the input.
73 de kc5gmm
john
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