I don't usually go in for designer radio equipment, but there's a remote possibility that our local repeater club may be looking to unload one of these radios when the club's emergency station equipment is replaced, and that may be real soon.
I do not yet know how old this unit is, or what it's capabilities and limitations are, but I do know Ten-Tec is considered by many to be the Cadillac of ham radio equipment.
I got to tune around the dial on it last night for a while, and so far I do know that it receives, all the lights and relative functions work, and it has it's own separate power supply with speaker that also works. However it does not have an "AM" function...(USB, LSB, FM, CW & RTTY only).....and no 60 meter...(although I assume that's just a simple mod).
The thing is a beast, one of the largest radios I've seen, and if I did acquire this monster, I'd have to modify the lower shelf to accommodate it's massive size.
All I know about the history on this radio is....it belonged to an old HAM that passed away, the widow "gave" it to a member of the club who never used it because it was too big to fit on his small desk, and stored it in a closet for several years. When the club set up shop at the local American Red Cross, and was given a radio room to set up, this radio was "sold" to the club.
Now the American Red Cross has budgeted the funds to purchase a new inventory of radio equipment with a new HF rig included, and once received, the club will either offer this Ten-Tec Omni V for out right sale, or hold an inter-club auction for it.
Having some general idea of it's worth would help in deciding if I want to make an effort to buy it, or how high to bid on it......???
I do not yet know how old this unit is, or what it's capabilities and limitations are, but I do know Ten-Tec is considered by many to be the Cadillac of ham radio equipment.
I got to tune around the dial on it last night for a while, and so far I do know that it receives, all the lights and relative functions work, and it has it's own separate power supply with speaker that also works. However it does not have an "AM" function...(USB, LSB, FM, CW & RTTY only).....and no 60 meter...(although I assume that's just a simple mod).
The thing is a beast, one of the largest radios I've seen, and if I did acquire this monster, I'd have to modify the lower shelf to accommodate it's massive size.
All I know about the history on this radio is....it belonged to an old HAM that passed away, the widow "gave" it to a member of the club who never used it because it was too big to fit on his small desk, and stored it in a closet for several years. When the club set up shop at the local American Red Cross, and was given a radio room to set up, this radio was "sold" to the club.
Now the American Red Cross has budgeted the funds to purchase a new inventory of radio equipment with a new HF rig included, and once received, the club will either offer this Ten-Tec Omni V for out right sale, or hold an inter-club auction for it.
Having some general idea of it's worth would help in deciding if I want to make an effort to buy it, or how high to bid on it......???