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> 1. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (Tim Randa)
> 2. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (W2AGN)
> 3. new orion case CHOICES! (KZ2G)
> 4. Re: new orion case CHOICES! (Rande M. Edgar)
> 5. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (Don Jones)
> 6. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (KD3PC)
> 7. Re: new orion case CHOICES! (John Gwin)
> 8. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (KD3PC)
> 9. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (KD3PC)
> 10. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (Tim Randa)
> 11. Re: ORION - coming in 2002 (Paul Christensen)
> 12. Rumor control (was [TenTec] discount) (Carter Grabarczyk)
> 13. (no subject) (Bink)
> 14. RE: 516... or why the Orion is more exciting (John Clifford)
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 1
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:07:57 -0500
> From: Tim Randa <randas@mindspring.com>
> To: "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>
> CC: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
>
> Hey Mike...take a chill pill my friend. If you can't see the tongue and cheek
> of Johns message then
> maybe you should switch to decaff, or better yet wait an hour before flaming a
> fellow ham posting
> his concerns. After reading days of posts wanting to add features to a radio
> that's already in the last
> stages of production, I'd say the true "mindless" posts were not written by
> John. "Geez"
>
> de Tim KØFL
>
> "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" wrote:
>
> > Instead of asking all of us who don't know,
> > you could pick up the phone, call Ten Tec, and they
> > could fill you in on the status of the 516.
> >
> > Instead of mindlessly complaining over and over, take some
> > positive action and ask the folks who can answer your
> > question Geez!
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mike - WB4HUC
> > Ausitn, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
> >
> > > Well, I guess it's official. Nobody cares about the 516 any more. I still
> > > wonder if Ten Tec is still planning to come out with it, or shall I plan
> > on
> > > spending my money elsewhere?
> > >
> > > --
> > > --------------------------
> > > John L Sielke W2AGN
> > > w2agn@pobox.com
> > > http://www.qsl.net/w2agn
> > > Trustee: W3IYQ
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TenTec mailing list
> > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 2
> From: W2AGN <w2agn@pobox.com>
> Organization: W2AGN
> To: "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>,
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:19:02 -0500
>
> On Sunday 27 January 2002 11:48, Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC wrote:
> > Instead of asking all of us who don't know,
> > you could pick up the phone, call Ten Tec, and they
> > could fill you in on the status of the 516.
> >
> > Instead of mindlessly complaining over and over, take some
> > positive action and ask the folks who can answer your
> > question Geez!
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mike - WB4HUC
> > Ausitn, TX
>
> --
>
> Well, I knew Paul was an obnoxious a**h*le but it appears there are more than
> one here. I was under the mistaken impression that this list was for Ten Tec
> information. It is apparantly an unneeded list, as the "information" is to
> "call Ten Tec."
>
> Don't bother throwing me off the list, Mr. Manager, I'm already gone!
>
> --------------------------
> John L Sielke W2AGN
> w2agn@pobox.com
> http://www.qsl.net/w2agn
> Trustee: W3IYQ
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:27:26 -0500
> From: KZ2G <kz2g@optonline.net>
> To: "Ten-Tec @ Contesting. Com" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TenTec] new orion case CHOICES!
>
> Told my fiancee i might one day need to buy an Orion after buying my Omni
> 6+. Told her about the case debate. She suggested -- in jest...i think --
> that Ten Tec might want to make slip on case covers like they make for Cell
> phones. u know, patriotic, pink for girls, abstract art for the artistic,
> day-glow for the former hippies, black for the uncreative, gray for us Ten
> Tec traditional guys, and maybe transparent for the guys who like to c
> what's inside. hey, u can buy a bunch and change them as u get tired of ur
> case.
>
> Bob, KZ2G --- 10-10 # 10148
> ----------------------------
> Omni 6 Plus & FT-100D, C U on CW!
> See my Ham web at http://www.geocities.com/ram9872002/kz2g.htm
> Check out my Art Sale at http://www.geocities.com/ram9872002/Artpage1.htm
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 4
> From: "Rande M. Edgar" <zingflap@charter.net>
> To: "KZ2G" <kz2g@optonline.net>,
> "Ten-Tec @ Contesting. Com" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] new orion case CHOICES!
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:35:24 -0600
>
> Instead of Ten-Tec making them, why don't you. Make yourself a few bucks.
> "Bob's Boffo Rig Blankets"
> I want a Turquoise one to match my old Mustang, please.
>
> Rande N4ZYV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "KZ2G" <kz2g@optonline.net>
> To: "Ten-Tec @ Contesting. Com" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:27 AM
> Subject: [TenTec] new orion case CHOICES!
>
> > Told my fiancee i might one day need to buy an Orion after buying my Omni
> > 6+. Told her about the case debate. She suggested -- in jest...i
> think --
> > that Ten Tec might want to make slip on case covers like they make for
> Cell
> > phones. u know, patriotic, pink for girls, abstract art for the artistic,
> > day-glow for the former hippies, black for the uncreative, gray for us Ten
> > Tec traditional guys, and maybe transparent for the guys who like to c
> > what's inside. hey, u can buy a bunch and change them as u get tired of
> ur
> > case.
> >
> > Bob, KZ2G --- 10-10 # 10148
> > ----------------------------
> > Omni 6 Plus & FT-100D, C U on CW!
> > See my Ham web at http://www.geocities.com/ram9872002/kz2g.htm
> > Check out my Art Sale at
> http://www.geocities.com/ram9872002/Artpage1.htm
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> >
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 5
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:31:56 -0500
> From: Don Jones <n4tn@chartertn.net>
> Reply-To: n4tn@chartertn.net
> To: Tim Randa <randas@mindspring.com>
> CC: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
>
> Well said Tim! I suspect there are many of us who have been sitting here
> silently in 100% agreement with your sentiments. Thanks for speaking up!
>
> W2AGN - hang in there! I have no dog in your fight but you certainly
> have
> a right to speak up! You are obviously a TenTec lover - if you have an
> issue to raise, I can't imagine a more appropriate place to do it.
>
> "Why can't we all just get along"?
>
> 73 - Don N4TN
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 6
> Reply-To: "KD3PC" <kd3pc@mindspring.com>
> From: "KD3PC" <kd3pc@mindspring.com>
> To: "Tim Randa" <randas@mindspring.com>,
> "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>
> Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:52:28 -0500
>
> Tim, et al,
>
> If you "know" John and understand his demented wit, then yes, Chill.
>
> However, if you are the newbie or casual reader as Michael may be, then you
> would not get the "tongue in cheek" that John persists in flooding the list
> with.
>
> I for one agree with Michael, it is John who needs to grow up. John seldom
> posts concerns, but persists in posting, flame bait, innuendo and sarcasm,
> ad nauseum...
>
> dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Randa" <randas@mindspring.com>
> To: "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>
> Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
>
> > Hey Mike...take a chill pill my friend. If you can't see the tongue and
> cheek
> > of Johns message then
> > maybe you should switch to decaff, or better yet wait an hour before
> flaming a
> > fellow ham posting
> > his concerns. After reading days of posts wanting to add features to a
> radio
> > that's already in the last
> > stages of production, I'd say the true "mindless" posts were not written
> by
> > John. "Geez"
> >
> > de Tim KØFL
> >
> > "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" wrote:
> >
> > > Instead of asking all of us who don't know,
> > > you could pick up the phone, call Ten Tec, and they
> > > could fill you in on the status of the 516.
> > >
> > > Instead of mindlessly complaining over and over, take some
> > > positive action and ask the folks who can answer your
> > > question Geez!
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Mike - WB4HUC
> > > Ausitn, TX
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>
> > > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:42 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
> > >
> > > > Well, I guess it's official. Nobody cares about the 516 any more. I
> still
> > > > wonder if Ten Tec is still planning to come out with it, or shall I
> plan
> > > on
> > > > spending my money elsewhere?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > --------------------------
> > > > John L Sielke W2AGN
> > > > w2agn@pobox.com
> > > > http://www.qsl.net/w2agn
> > > > Trustee: W3IYQ
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > TenTec mailing list
> > > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> > > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TenTec mailing list
> > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 7
> From: "John Gwin" <jtgwin@home.com>
> To: "Rande M. Edgar" <zingflap@charter.net>, "KZ2G" <kz2g@optonline.net>,
> "Ten-Tec @ Contesting. Com" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] new orion case CHOICES!
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:49:28 -0600
>
> Hey! A whole new industry!! Being a Harley enthusiast myself, I can
> envision a whole line of aftermarket goodies for Orion, starting with some
> chrome straight-pipe mufflers.
>
> QSK that goes "thumpa-thumpa-thumpa".
>
> -W4SK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rande M. Edgar" <zingflap@charter.net>
> To: "KZ2G" <kz2g@optonline.net>; "Ten-Tec @ Contesting. Com"
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] new orion case CHOICES!
>
> > Instead of Ten-Tec making them, why don't you. Make yourself a few bucks.
> > "Bob's Boffo Rig Blankets"
> > I want a Turquoise one to match my old Mustang, please.
> >
> > Rande N4ZYV
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "KZ2G" <kz2g@optonline.net>
> > To: "Ten-Tec @ Contesting. Com" <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:27 AM
> > Subject: [TenTec] new orion case CHOICES!
> >
> >
> > > Told my fiancee i might one day need to buy an Orion after buying my
> Omni
> > > 6+. Told her about the case debate. She suggested -- in jest...i
> > think --
> > > that Ten Tec might want to make slip on case covers like they make for
> > Cell
> > > phones. u know, patriotic, pink for girls, abstract art for the
> artistic,
> > > day-glow for the former hippies, black for the uncreative, gray for us
> Ten
> > > Tec traditional guys, and maybe transparent for the guys who like to c
> > > what's inside. hey, u can buy a bunch and change them as u get tired of
> > ur
> > > case.
> > >
> > > Bob, KZ2G --- 10-10 # 10148
> > > ----------------------------
> > > Omni 6 Plus & FT-100D, C U on CW!
> > > See my Ham web at http://www.geocities.com/ram9872002/kz2g.htm
> > > Check out my Art Sale at
> > http://www.geocities.com/ram9872002/Artpage1.htm
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TenTec mailing list
> > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> >
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 8
> Reply-To: "KD3PC" <kd3pc@mindspring.com>
> From: "KD3PC" <kd3pc@mindspring.com>
> To: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>,
> "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>,
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:54:37 -0500
>
> Makes my day!!!
>
> dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>
> >
> > Don't bother throwing me off the list, Mr. Manager, I'm already gone!
> >
> > --------------------------
> > John L Sielke W2AGN
> > w2agn@pobox.com
> > http://www.qsl.net/w2agn
> > Trustee: W3IYQ
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 9
> Reply-To: "KD3PC" <kd3pc@mindspring.com>
> From: "KD3PC" <kd3pc@mindspring.com>
> To: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>,
> "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>,
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:55:53 -0500
>
> Now if he would leave the QRP list so easily!! My week would be complete.
>
> dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>
> > Don't bother throwing me off the list, Mr. Manager, I'm already gone!
> >
> > --------------------------
> > John L Sielke W2AGN
> > w2agn@pobox.com
> > http://www.qsl.net/w2agn
> > Trustee: W3IYQ
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 10
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:02:43 -0500
> From: Tim Randa <randas@mindspring.com>
> To: KD3PC <kd3pc@mindspring.com>
> CC: "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>,
> tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
>
> Damn folks...I had to do a double take to make sure I was reading from the
> correct list. What the heck has this reflector become? Used to be nothing but
> posts from what seemed like the Ten Tec brotherhood. Now it seems to be a
> contest of personalities, each tired of the other. May I suggest if you have a
> problem with a "brother TT fan" take it off the list. The internet is full of
> hate/spam/insults, lets get the reflector back to what it was intended for
> where no question was stupid and all comments were respectful. This is
> starting to resemble 75m phone.
>
> de KØFL
>
> KD3PC wrote:
>
> > Tim, et al,
> >
> > If you "know" John and understand his demented wit, then yes, Chill.
> >
> > However, if you are the newbie or casual reader as Michael may be, then you
> > would not get the "tongue in cheek" that John persists in flooding the list
> > with.
> >
> > I for one agree with Michael, it is John who needs to grow up. John seldom
> > posts concerns, but persists in posting, flame bait, innuendo and sarcasm,
> > ad nauseum...
> >
> > dave
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tim Randa" <randas@mindspring.com>
> > To: "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>
> > Cc: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
> >
> > > Hey Mike...take a chill pill my friend. If you can't see the tongue and
> > cheek
> > > of Johns message then
> > > maybe you should switch to decaff, or better yet wait an hour before
> > flaming a
> > > fellow ham posting
> > > his concerns. After reading days of posts wanting to add features to a
> > radio
> > > that's already in the last
> > > stages of production, I'd say the true "mindless" posts were not written
> > by
> > > John. "Geez"
> > >
> > > de Tim KØFL
> > >
> > > "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Instead of asking all of us who don't know,
> > > > you could pick up the phone, call Ten Tec, and they
> > > > could fill you in on the status of the 516.
> > > >
> > > > Instead of mindlessly complaining over and over, take some
> > > > positive action and ask the folks who can answer your
> > > > question Geez!
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Mike - WB4HUC
> > > > Ausitn, TX
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>
> > > > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:42 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
> > > >
> > > > > Well, I guess it's official. Nobody cares about the 516 any more. I
> > still
> > > > > wonder if Ten Tec is still planning to come out with it, or shall I
> > plan
> > > > on
> > > > > spending my money elsewhere?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > --------------------------
> > > > > John L Sielke W2AGN
> > > > > w2agn@pobox.com
> > > > > http://www.qsl.net/w2agn
> > > > > Trustee: W3IYQ
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > TenTec mailing list
> > > > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > TenTec mailing list
> > > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TenTec mailing list
> > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 11
> From: "Paul Christensen" <paulc@mediaone.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:07:49 -0500
>
> Amen...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <MNEWELL1@austin.rr.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
>
> > Instead of asking all of us who don't know,
> > you could pick up the phone, call Ten Tec, and they
> > could fill you in on the status of the 516.
> >
> > Instead of mindlessly complaining over and over, take some
> > positive action and ask the folks who can answer your
> > question Geez!
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mike - WB4HUC
> > Ausitn, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "W2AGN" <w2agn@pobox.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 12:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION - coming in 2002
> >
> >
> > > Well, I guess it's official. Nobody cares about the 516 any more. I
> still
> > > wonder if Ten Tec is still planning to come out with it, or shall I plan
> > on
> > > spending my money elsewhere?
> > >
> > > --
> > > --------------------------
> > > John L Sielke W2AGN
> > > w2agn@pobox.com
> > > http://www.qsl.net/w2agn
> > > Trustee: W3IYQ
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > TenTec mailing list
> > > TenTec@contesting.com
> > > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > TenTec mailing list
> > TenTec@contesting.com
> > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 12
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:23:44 -0500
> From: Carter Grabarczyk <k8vt@ameritech.net>
> To: Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX <RMcGraw@blomand.net>, tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Rumor control (was [TenTec] discount)
>
> C'mon guys, let's get back to reality. Please read carefully. This was
> started by a reader of the reflector (as a joke), NOT TT. Now some are
> taking it as true. A beautiful example of how rumors start...
>
> 73/Carter/K8VT
>
> >
> > Yep, I've read this too. Thought my computer screen was not telling the
> > truth.
> >
> > I don't have a clue. Is there a "seniors" discount? And what's a senior?
> >
>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 9:16 AM
> > Subject: [TenTec] discount
> >
> > > are my eyes deceiving me, or did i read on here that
> > > ten-tec is giving a 20 percent discount to seniors
> > >
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> Message: 13
> From: "Bink" <kb8jrb@columbus.rr.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:35:12 -0500
> Subject: [TenTec] (no subject)
>
> What is the new address to unsubscribe from the list. I am being
> transferd and will not have an e-mail address for awhile.
>
> Bink KB8JRB
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> Message: 14
> Reply-To: <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
> From: "John Clifford" <johnclif@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 20:34:17 -0800
> Subject: [TenTec] RE: 516... or why the Orion is more exciting
>
> I think it's fair to say that more people will be interested in the Orion
> versus the new 516 QRP rig. Why? Well... here's why from my point of view.
>
> The 516 doesn't excite me because there's nothing that it offers that I
> can't get from someone else. The Icom IC-718 costs less and gives me QRO
> power (makes a better rig for a new General licensee). The SGC 2020 seems
> 'neater'. The Elecraft K2 offers superior performance and has the benefit
> (to me) / drawback (to others) of being a kit. I think the market for the
> 516 is pretty small... mainly confirmed Ten-Tec fans who are QRP addicts.
> Now... if it had been designed with performance and features equivalent to
> the K2 but was built already, then I think it would be more popular.
> Personally, I'd rather have a Jupiter.
>
> The Orion, on the other hand, has the potential to appeal to everyone who is
> in the market for a top-of-the-line HF rig. This means a tremendous amount
> of upgrades from previous Omni VI and VI+ owners, as well as those people
> who have a 756 Pro, a FT-1000 MkV, or a Kenwood TS-870 who want the latest
> and greatest. Whether this rig does well for Ten-Tec depends primarily on
> two things... its receiver specs MUST be at the top of the charts in all
> categories, and it must offer the best of the features that the other top
> rigs have (dual multi-band receive, great IF DSP, great graphical
> UI/display/panel layout, appealing to the eye, maximum ability to be
> controlled by a computer, must work well with amps, etc.). Oh... it also
> must be upgradable, unlike the Japanese competitors who require you to buy a
> new radio every couple of years to be "on top".
>
> Let's face it... most people who are going to buy the best don't care about
> price if it's reasonable, and $300 to $500 one way or the other isn't going
> to make or break a sale if you can get the ultimate radio. I think the
> decision to make the main rcvr ham band only is critical as it indicates (to
> me) that Ten-Tec is going to pull out all of the stops to ensure that they
> have the best receiver on the market.
>
> I'm looking forward with great anticipation to the introduction of the
> Orion. I'm thinking about getting rid of my Drake R8A and picking up a
> Jupiter. The 516? Yawn....
>
> - jgc
>
> John Clifford KD7KGX
>
> Heathkit HW-9 WARC/HFT-9/HM-9
> Elecraft K2 #1678 /KSB2/KIO2/KBT2/KAT2/KNB2/KAF2
> ...waiting _eagerly_ for KPA2!
> Ten-Tec Omni VI/Opt1
>
> email: kd7kgx@arrl.net
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