Let us not forget that beauty is in the eye of the beholder........and
fortunately there are many flavours of Jell-O. And if all else fails, paint
the damm thing any colour you want.
va7pc - perry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Heil" <k8mn@earthlink.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re: Titan III Color
> The issue of the color of a radio is entirely subjective. You
> apparently dislike anything black. While I've found my Omni VI and
> Paragon's gray color pleasant and attractive, I find the Orion
> attractive too. I've owned black amplifiers and I've owned gray
> amplifiers. I've found that they all work like amplifiers. I've owned
> black transceivers, gray transceiver and green transceivers. I'm much
> more interested in what's under the hood than the color scheme.
>
> I feel that you may miss out on a great transceiver because of your
> thinking. No wonder Scott didn't look happy. How can he deal with
> someone whose primary gripe about a product is its color?
>
> Dave K8MN
> Cameron, WV
>
> Jim Miller wrote:
> >
> > Glen & Readers;
> >
> > At the March 2002 Charlotte Hamfest, with the RX-340 receiver to its
> > right, the Orion simply looked ugly and I stated this to Scott Robbins.
> > He later inferred ALL Amateur lines will go to black soon. He seemed to
> > take the comments personally, stating "Here comes trouble" when I
> > returned to look at it again Sunday morning. And no, he was not smiling
.
> > So that is a big strike if this is Ten-Tec's "new road" to ignore
> > current/past customers opinions.
> > Too bad Ten-Tec is giving up the Omni gray color so popular these past
15
> > + - years to copy "JA Black".
> > I believe the Centurion is now all black.
> > As I told Scott, I will not buy a new Orion, because I have to look at
my
> > purchase when operating.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jim, K4SQR
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