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Subject: [TenTec] Orion in contests
From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
Reply-to: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:26:32 +0000
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We have a potential TT customer who posed a reasonable question: why are there few eham reviews of the Orion? He received some responses but no answers.

One was something like this: "If you have to ask you won't understand." (very helpful)
Also:


I still want to know why there are so few Orion reviews on eHam.

the best thing about eham reviews is that they are free, so truly worth what
you paid for them.

Thanks for the eham commentary but not an answer.


Each new release brings about another round of bugs.  I am intrigued
by the Orion but don't want to be part of a $4,000 experiment.  Who
needs the frustration? Is this radio "ready for prime time" or not?

or you could do as my friend did, buy a high end ic756pro for over $3k.
then a few months later they fixed the bugs and deficiencies and brought out
the ic756pro2. for their help my friend and the other field debuggers got:
a) a free upgrade by flash memory;
b) a free upgrade by sending the rig in and covering shipping only;
c) a very reasonably priced upgrade (as converting an omni 6 to one of the
omni 6 plus steps);
d) nothing, diddly-squat nothing, absolutely nothing.
(correct: d)

Deriding Icom and/or the Pro II isn't an answer to his question either.


Folks understandably assume that on the Ten Tec Reflector, there will be hams capable of giving informed, specific, objective and knowledgeable answers to people considering purchases of Ten Tec products. What these people don't need are flip remarks. If all you Orion owners want to have more Orion owners I suggest you take these questions seriously.


I have a question: How come all you guys rush to load new software releases as soon as they come out? I work in the world of software, where everyone knows that Rule 1 about vendor new versions, is to wait at least a couple of weeks so the post-shipment bugs can come out and the patches/corrections identified. If I owned an Orion, I'd never load an update immediately after release.
Rob Atkinson
K5UJ


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