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Re: [TenTec] The future of The Orion I

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] The future of The Orion I
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:15:14 -0700
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Chuck, I agree with nothing you said.  It was entirely content-free, except
for the fact that you are dissatisfied, and that's your good right.

Your comments on the firmware are wrong and you will feel pretty silly once
V2 ships.

In my opinion, the O2 will drive the used price of the O1 up, not down,
unless you panic sell today.

My 1 cent worth.

73
Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Chuck Gerarden
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 8:23 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] The future of The Orion I

I was very disturbed when Ten Tec decided to discontinue the Orion I. 
Normally I would expect this from any other manufacturer, but over the 
past 2 years Ten Tec has been telling us it is upgradable. False 
advertising? I think so. I have been waiting for the software fixes that 
resolve the various problems. I doubt they will ever come. I bought the 
Orion only because it was advertised as being upgradable.

So now I am being asked to shell out another $1700.00 for O II with new 
filters that I could not even use from my old O I.  Got to hand it to 
TT, they got this right from the American Corporate Greed Handbook. 
Everyone remember the Classic Coke debacle? TT is either acting out of 
sheer ignorance, desperation, or with complete disregard of their 
customer base. Have they forgotten the type of hams who buy TT? Talk 
about being a disenfranchised TT customer.

While Scott of Ten Tec has indicated there is a 2.0 release coming. I 
would bet this new code is really aimed and supported for the new Orion 
II. No doubt there will be a token attempt to provide a 2.0 release for 
O I, but as a software engineer I know how easy it is to slap a new 
release number on code and "ship it" anybody really think the developers 
for the O II processor and platform really cared enough to make it 
backward compatible for the O I, a soon to be discontinued product. 
Don't be naive.

I now have my TT Orion up for sale, a month ago it would have sold for a 
good price in a day. after 3 days, no inquires, and no sale.
This boat anchor will probably go down in history as the rig that sunk 
TT. There will be TT sales for the O II but it won't be enough and not 
enough people will upgrade. Despite what .gov says, our economy is not 
that great and guys who whipped out $3300.00  for the greatest rig on 
earth most likely will not whip out another $1700.00. How long before 
the O III comes out? 2 years, because they forgot to make the O II 
upgradable!

All you guys who talk about cars, consumer electronics, and  computers  
being discontinued, it is not the same with the Orion. TT clearly laid 
out a  path for as to follow, they just slaughtered us at the end of 
it.  I have been a big TT fan for  years, but now will buy  amps from 
Alpha, Tuners from Palstar and look into SDR-1000 and other 
alternatives. The Orion I is a great radio, but perception is stronger 
than reality and it will be thought of as the radio TT could never fix. 
Watch the classifieds on Eham and QTH,  We will be flooded with Orions 
nobody can sell.

Chuck

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