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To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Software releases
From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com>
Reply-to: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:05:05 +0000
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Miscellaneous comments:
<<<Why not Rob?  Since you work in software, you should know it is
also very simple to reload an earlier version if there is a problem.
I've had my Orion since August 21 which came with version 1.356.  I've
downloaded every subsequent revision (now 1.366) and have never needed
to reload an earlier version.  I wish I could say the same for CT (contest
software), where I do run several versions behind.  I could
see your point if the reload was extremely complex or time-consuming,
but Orion updates are very simple and take on the order of 10 minutes
total, so it is really not a big deal.  Where's the beef?>>>

The beef is that if you go back through the archives, you will find that in every single case or nearly every single case, when there has been a release of new software for the Orion, the release was followed by a flurry of emails on this reflector from people with problems with the revision.
Anyone can go back and see this; it is a fact. I believe with the last one, there were a few people reporting poor tx audio problems whereas with the previous version they reported tx audio was okay. In view of what's been happening, I personally would not be in a rush to load a new version but I may be less inclined to experiment. I admit I failed to realize firmware is probably a much smaller file compared to a new database suite of programs.


Other comment:
I intend to purchase an Orion when TT gets their act together with
respect to the firmware.

T-T has produced a radio with excellent firmware which appears to be clean and as bug-free as any radio out there. You're reading old posts, or reading too much into the current ones.

You're assessment is not valid.

I find this, in the face of a body of messages from people with all sorts of software related problems, some posted during the past few weeks, amazing. Clean? Bug-free? Have I just gone through a worm hole and arrived in another universe? This is like listening to the Iraq press secretary during the invasion.
A few previous message subjects:
[TenTec] Xmt/Rcv Audio with 1.366
[TenTec] orion problems
[TenTec] MAJOR dead Orion problem with update
[TenTec] bigger problem with update
[TenTec] big Orion problem
[TenTec] ORION Audio problems discovered


These are just from the past 2 months! Please let's stick to facts and avoid spin.

73,

Rob Atkinson
K5UJ

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