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Content preview: An open letter about the Ten-Tec Orion.....17 Nov 2003
By Lynn Lamb, W4NL I was a beta tester for the Orion and am now a proud
owner. I'm not an engineer, but during my career I was a management
director of engineering organizations. I am retired now and am not or
never have been an employee of Ten-Tec. [...]
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An open letter about the Ten-Tec Orion.....17 Nov 2003
By Lynn Lamb, W4NL
I was a beta tester for the Orion and am now a proud owner. I'm not an
engineer, but during my career I was a management director of engineering
organizations. I am retired now and am not or never have been an employee
of Ten-Tec.
Positive traits I looked for in an engineer were those who would challenge
and look beyond what was in their face. I found many engineers very good at
making things better, but the ones who excelled were those who were able to
look to the future in whatever performance specification we were designing
to meet.
This is not a new concept for successful companies in pushing the envelope
while making a profit. Perhaps some have created a legacy in the process.
Nothing new here.
Ten-Tec has pushed the envelope with the Orion, and it's all spelled out for
even those who are not interested in the details of design. If one simply
reads the words of Doug Smith, KF6DX, on the Ten-Tec web page and are
forward thinking, they will see Ten-Tec has gone beyond the norm of past
Ten-Tec, Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu receivers. It's different, it's better,
and I suggest the testing/review techniques should be rewritten just to
present this radio.
They are a business, need to make payroll and turn a profit. Some good
engineers also understand economics and business. In a new concept, which
the Orion is, there will be a period in which changes are necessary and
required. Couple this with the fact that Ten-Tec listens to their customers
and the ideas they have. The downloads Ten-Tec offers at no charge fills
these needs and prevents endless models required by not only former Ten-Tec
radios but their competitors as well. That doesn't include the Pegasus,
Jupiter and Argonaut V, since they also provide for firmware downloads as
changes and upgrades are available.
So yes, Ten-Tec is constantly improving the Orion and the others. Yes, they
are listening to their customers, but believe me if we are truly honest we
will find the Orion is simply better at 'hearing' signals. How many of you
want to hear better?
I've owned the top of the line rigs from other manufactures but so what?
Have I had them side by side with the Orion? Not all but some, and there is
no question which will perform better. But to say I have performed tests
which will stand up to the rigors of the multitudes, no of course not. BTW,
I had to LEARN how to use the Orion FIRST. Some tried, wrote words about
their experience and simply didn't know how the radio worked. Some were not
being malicious in their words but simply didn't know how to operate the
radio. I feel sorry for them in sending it back to Sevierville.
Does everyone need an Orion? No, of course not. Those who like to dig the
weak ones out on Top Band, 80 and the other bands will like the Orion.
Contesters will love it when the bands are wall to wall. Is it worth
spending $3300 to find out-perhaps, but that is a personal decision. Which
company has a 30 day money back guarantee?
An analogy is the trap and the mono-band yagi. Trap antennas work, but if
you know antennas 101, you will know one without traps can be better. But
trap antennas may fulfill your requirement and make you happy--they have for
me in the past. So could the rigs of the older technology, which is EVERY
rig up to the Orion, work for you? Will there be greater engineered radios
someday? Gosh I hope so. But until there is, the Orion is simply the best
of the best.
It is expensive in a relative sense, but if you can meet your obligations,
including sharing with others, why not enjoy the radio that currently has
the best receiver on the market if it would fill your requirements? One
that is updated free, built in the U.S. by a company which unquestionably
has the best and most caring repair service headed by an equally caring Paul
Clinton?
Your choice of course, but before words are written relative to performance,
without buying one first, learning how to operate it and examining the facts
of design, then it is simply folly at best and a loss to the operators at
worst.
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