Bob McGraw - K4TAX <RMcGraw@Blomand.net> wrote:
>Having or having been through the "lot", today the Omni VII is the
>radio
>with the features and good performance. Likely there are still
>enhancements
>in the pipe for the Omni VII. I view this as very commendable for a
>company
>to continue to offer enhancements for a product that is some 6 ot 7
>years
>old but yet still in production. It also protects ones investment in
>their
>purchase thus holding up the value.
>
>As to a performance radio, the Eagle is it. Although sporting less
>features
>but in as smaller package, the performance both on receive and transmit
>of
>the Eagle are equal or found to excel the Omni VII. I truly believe,
>having
>used one for some time, the Eagle has the best transmit and receive
>audio of
>any radio on the market today. I see that hams in general are looking
>for
>lower priced radios yet seem to want a moderate to high level of
>performance. The Eagle fills this slot.
>
>73
>Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>DISCLOSURE:
>This is to inform all persons, I am a Tentec Ambassador and I receive
>compensation according to the Tentec Ambassador program. In addition,
>I
>serve as a volunteer beta test person to Tentec for the Omni VII, Eagle
>and Argonaut VI radios. I hold no employment relationship, no
>financial
>interests nor do I conduct any commercial business, direct or indirect,
>with Tentec.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>
>To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:11 PM
>Subject: [TenTec] What's going to be next?
>
>
>> The Orion was a magnificent radio & it made it through two really
>> nice versions but for whatever reasons, an Omni 3 was not offered &
>> the Omni 2 was the end of life of that lineage. The current top of
>> the line is the Omni 7 which as I recall was not touted as highly as
>> the Orion but was offered at the same time.
>>
>> Any next top of the line to be released TenTec heard about in the
>> chatter?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Gary
>> KA1J
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A slightly larger Eagle II with the added functions you would find in the Omni
VII, in a price range of $2500-2700 would be a show stopper. That means it
would need room for a 2nd RX-366 that is optional, pan adapter feature, and
some of the regularly used functions brought out to either additional buttons
not requiring the Func button, or to knobs, or a combination therein.
I believe TT has the majority of the code ready due to the Eagle and Orion
(think code for use of 2nd receiver). They would need to select a larger
CPU/microcontroller chip set, off load the ATU processing to a dedicated ATU
processor and map coding to a larger display (and S-Meter for DJ0IP hi hi).
Optional, and possibly driving the cost up higher than they want to, would be
to risk a re-do of the core DSP to match or even better then Orion 2
performance. I would suggest that not be done, but save that effort for an
Omni VIII.
Just my view of things...
73-Eric
W9WLW
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