But for someone who can afford it, it is probably very reasonable.
Same holds true for the orion (in lower case, it looks like onion!!)
....Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: <WoodMirLtd@aol.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ad in AES Catalog...
> Approximately the performance of an Orion without the stigma of reasonable
> cost.
> (with apologies to a '66 "Road and Track" comparing the new Porsche 911S
to a
> muscle car) We all need Orions in the name of frugality!
> 73,
> Woody n5zu . .
>
> In a message dated 4/21/2004 12:19:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
> n5xm@alltel.net writes:
> With anticipation, I opened the newest AES catalog, knowing it would be
the
> same old stuff with higher prices, and by darn if there wasn't a 2 page
inside
> cover ad for the high zoot IC-7800. This was the first time I'd actually
> taken the time to look at the rig, and it's the busiest looking thing I've
> ever seen in ANY kind of electronic gear.
> About 1330 today, I worked a JA who was using one, and with the lousy
band
> condx, there wasn't much to say except I logged him. Anyway, I pulled out
the
> catalog again to give the ad a real close inspection, and that sucker has
125!
> controls on the front panel. Unless I've counted incorrectly, my Orion is
a
> veritable desert at only 72 controls on the front panel.
> I'm sure the 7800 is a wonderful platform, but where does this stuff
> stop? Yaesu will soon have their DX 9,000,000 out, so what happens next?
The
> Ten Tec Uranus? I'll happily keep my Orion, thank you. What they need is
a
> built-in mouse connection and an on-display world map so that all you had
to
> do was point at a part of the world, and it would automatically change to
a
> frequency where the DX you wanted was on the air. I'm gonna have to
polish up
> my crystal ball, I guess. n5xm
>
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