Steve,
I started the thread "The Orion sure makes me happy" a while back. You
should have read some of the email I received from others who did not
appreciate that I could say anything good about the radio. I received
instructive emails telling me why Ten Tec was not a good company, how the
employees were incompetent, and one went so far as to explain how software
development requires a specific type of committee organization to be
successful, one said that after Doug Smith left the company, there would
never be anything worth while developed by Ten Tec. One made sure that if
I
wanted to see a "real" software development approach, I needed to get
involved with the Flex Radio. There were others that wanted to educate me
in about problems with the radio and software and were indeed genuine in
that these folks want the radio improved and are upset because a new
version
of the software does not meet their expectations and the previous versions
work better in key areas, even though the previous versions have faults.
So
frustration and understandably so, from my own experience.
My conclusion is that there are indeed several people posting to this list
that intend to slander Ten Tec and Ten Tec employees and to write
continuously to achieve that agenda.
My experience with Ten Tec employees such as Gary, Paul, Jack, and Stan,
has
been 100% positive. Very helpful and provide the services within their
area
to accommodate my requests and in a timely way. The ORION II is and
continues to be my favorite radio to use. Do I find fault with it? OK,
here
is the list that currently concerns me: