Orion II beta testing has now been active for 6 weeks and counting; any updates on success? My Orion and Orion II are anxiously awaiting the release! John K4NP _______________________________________
I have no information on this but I wouldn't hold your breath. Beta testing radio software can take a looooong time, depending. With all of the issues that seem to have accompanied the original Orion
Hi Martin: Ssssssh! Please don't tell Elecraft. They're doing it in months, weeks, and days! 73 John K4NP _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com htt
As I understand this is necessary to fix whatever it was they broke in the previous release. Which I think nicely proves my point about why Ten-Tec will not do that it's a lesson they probably learne
Just to clarify Martin - are you referring to the K3 or the Orion as needing 5-10 more years to meet your expectations? 73, Barry N1EU _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing l
IF you watch what is being upgraded or put into the software it is fringe stuff ! The basic cw and ssb works fine as is ! Now if you want to type and have it send and receive some weird keyboard mode
Walt.... My wish is simply that can make the AGC change. My original Orion is superior to my Orion II in that regard. Others agree. I believe TT must also, as they are pushing that as the one of the
The AGC takes some playing with to get the way it sounds best to you. Just remember the default Hang setting is 00.00, which sounds DISTORTED. Put at least .04 to .12 seconds hang time and it will sm
Nope.......still inferior to original v1 firmware. The AGC was moved to a different point in the loop in v2. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com
John, Your correct...I sure hope they move it back... 73, Lee, KC9CDT ** Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity
First let me announce that like many others on this reflector I too am looking forward to the new firmware. (I have spoken out on the topic here before.) That said, it's my understanding that many of
Rick....me too.......except the time that has passed since the last upgrade (May 07). _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting
waltk8cv4612amos@att.net writes... Once again I find it instructive to clarify the issues from the perspective of professional software development. Clearly, the OII and the K3 were designed to fulfi
Rick, I think you have some good points in there but I honestly don't get the thrust of what you're saying - that Ten-Tec has a more mature system of control over change release because they don't re
Author: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:02:00 +0200
There is always a trade off on testing. Test too little and you have too many bugs, e.g. Windows Vista. Test too long, and you end up with a product has few bugs, but it lacks features that customers
Okay, let's wait till the end of this beta cycle of many moons and then judge the product. I only suggest that neither of you may know what goes on behind the scenes in either case. Your fundamental
Barry N1EU writes... No, I'm saying that comparing the strengths of one approach to the weaknesses of the other doesn't seem to me quite fair. Ten Tec is a corporation, and operates like a corporatio
Barry N1EU writes... Quite true and I acknowledged as much in my first response. But my intent is to argue that what we see may be a logical outcome of different business approaches and situations th