Tom,
Good email, but you left out ONE thing. The absolute joy of setting BW at
250 or so, under a 300 cycle roofing filter, and having a nice RTTY chat
with a very weak signal, even if others close by don't hear him, and take
VERY few hits in the copy! That's in addition to the unsolicited good audio
reports I get on SSB, and, you are right, it's downright handsome!! My
Orion is the II, and the only regret I have is not keeping the Orion also,
hi hi.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
----- Original Message -----
From: <CATFISHTWO@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Reflector is getting effective at killing sales
>
> In a message dated 4/17/2006 6:31:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> retire@means.net writes:
>
> Re: [TenTec] Reflector is getting effective at killing sales
>
>
>> On 4/17/06, John Nason / NA9U <na9u@arrl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> However there is a difference between discussing the
>>> radios operations and leaving the non-Orion owners the
>>> impression the radio is flawed and not ready for prime
>>> time.
>
>
>
> ================================
>
> Like I said before, lets make Sunday's a "what I like best about my
> Orion"
> day, just good stuff, no complaints. perhaps that will give folks
> perusing
> the reflector at least a chance to see all the good points about the
> Orion.
>
> what do I like, hmmm it has big knobs for my big hands, the menu's make
> sense to me, I like the ability to set it where ever I need to so I can
> hear a
> signal, like in a contest I find my rf gain at 65 and my volume up a bit
> and
> the BW at 2200 and the pbt at -40 and this makes the folks sound like
> they are
> all 5 kc's apart and just waiting for me to work my way up the band to
> work
> them on S&P on ssb.
>
> I also like the ease of working split. I like the fact there is no
> kerchunk
> of relays on VOX so with the orion and the alpha 87a together you just
> talk,
> no klunks from either, just talk like they are in your living room. no
> more
> uhhh ahhh to hold the relay up.
>
> I like the sensitivity of the receiver and the ability to tailor my
> transmit
> audio. I like the 3 memories on voice and 3 memories on cw that I can
> record, so I push the button and have it send my CQ's for me. easier to
> set than
> the voice keyer I have.
>
> it is also a good looking radio.
>
> so there is my Sunday list, even if it is monday.. HI hi.
>
> if you are thinking about an Orion, buy it, you will like it. I am
> running
> a original Orion and software ver 1.732, because I like the way it
> works..
>
> tom N6AJR
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