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Re: [TenTec] New Firmware

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Firmware
From: "Wayne Whitman" <wwhitman@fastmail.fm>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:31:06 -0600
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Hey Dave, I don't recall calling the Orion II a piece of junk.  Or even
implying that.
It has been a great rig for me over the last year plus.

I was simply pointing out the difference in software updates between two
companies and relating my experience with a different brand of rig.

73,
Wayne
K4ELO

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:53 +0000, d.e.warnick@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> 
> So what you're saying is that every couple of hours or days at the most,
> you get to load new software? Sounds great. 
> 
> 
> 
> Since the Orion II is such junk, make me a great offer to take it off
> your hands. 
> 
> 
> 
> Dave 
> 
> WA3MKB 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Whitman" <wwhitman@fastmail.fm> 
> To: "TenTec List" <tentec@contesting.com> 
> Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 8:35:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: [TenTec] New Firmware 
> 
> After reading about all of the problems, I think that I'll just sit this 
> one out.  I'm not a waterfall user anyway. 
> 
> Now I know why I bought a Flex 5000A.  Bugs are fixed within hours, or a 
> day or two at the most in my experience.  Company president, tech 
> support, and chief software developer regularly monitor and contribute 
> to the reflector.  I have had the Flex for 4 months and the Orion II for 
> over a year.  Under all circumstances I have tried, the Flex equals or 
> outperforms the Orion II.  It's just a lot more flexible (no pun 
> intended) when it comes to operation, plus the filtering is nothing 
> short of amazing, and I can get a digital program, a logging program, 
> and a dx spotting program all working on CAT at once.  Being able to 
> accurately 'see' the pileup on dx and the stations responding on what 
> frequency is amazing.  Just point and click to go the last responder's 
> frequency. 
> There is absolutely no comparison to the Orion II display.  Plus the 
> majority of the code is open source so you can even pick from different 
> versions, or contribute yourself, or make your own. 
> 
> Don't think I'm bashing TT here.  I have been a loyal TT customer, 
> purchasing three new transceivers in the last three years. 
> I'm just a convert to what is for me a better rig with much better 
> support. 
> 
> Orion II may just be up for sale soon.  I'm thinking about it. 
> 
> 73, 
> Wayne 
> K4ELO 
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