{"id":7259,"date":"2013-09-11T06:32:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T10:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2013-09-12T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:23:18","slug":"the-ten-tec-rx-320d-and-model-1254-have-been-discontinued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/the-ten-tec-rx-320d-and-model-1254-have-been-discontinued\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten-Tec RX-320D and Model 1254 have been discontinued"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tthe RX-320D black box receiver<\/p><\/div>\n

I just confirmed with Ten-Tec that the\u00a0RX-320D<\/a>\u00a0PC controlled receiver and the Ten-Tec Superhet receiver kit, the Model 1254<\/a>,\u00a0have both been discontinued. \u00a0A\u00a0Ten-Tec representative told me the\u00a0reason both of these models have been discontinued and removed from Ten-Tec’s product line is because one of the parts used in production is now obsolete.<\/p>\n

A long run…<\/h2>\n

The RX-320 and RX-320D have had a very<\/em> long product life as the RX-320 was introduced in the late 1990’s (1998, if memory serves)–pretty amazing.<\/p>\n

I owned an RX-320D for a long time and thought that it was still a great value. Here’s a review I wrote in 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Ten-Tec Model 1254 Superhet Receiver kit<\/p><\/div>\n

As third generation SDRs have emerged, and become so affordable in the past few years, it’s hard to justify the purchase of a receiver whose control software was designed for Windows 95.<\/p>\n

So long RX-320D, you’ve had a long run…<\/p>\n

I have SWLing Post reader, Larry, to thank as his recent inquiry about the Model 1254 Superhet kit prompted me to call Ten-Tec for verification.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just confirmed with Ten-Tec that the\u00a0RX-320D\u00a0PC controlled receiver and the Ten-Tec Superhet receiver kit, the Model 1254,\u00a0have both been discontinued. \u00a0A\u00a0Ten-Tec representative told me the\u00a0reason both of these models have been discontinued and removed from Ten-Tec’s product line is because one of the parts used in production is now obsolete. A long run… The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3,26,43],"tags":[2138,2135,153,152,2137,2134,2133,2136],"class_list":["post-7259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-model-1254-superhet-kit","tag-rx-320","tag-rx-320d","tag-ten-tec","tag-ten-tec-model-1254","tag-ten-tec-rx-320","tag-ten-tec-rx-320d","tag-ten-tec-rx-320d-discontinued"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1T5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1125,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/ten-tec-rx-320-and-rx-320d-software-gets-updated-for-windows-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":7259,"position":0},"title":"Ten-Tec RX-320 and RX-320D software gets updated for Windows 7","author":"Thomas","date":"May 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Fans of the RX-320D should note that Ten-Tec has just updated the GUI (Graphic User Interface) for this fine radio.\u00a0 According to Ten-Tec Engineer, John Henry, this mainly makes it work better with the 64 bit version of Windows 7 and Windows 7 comm ports. 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