I agree Carl, is has taken a long time for the High sweep board to
come to pass. I have an Orion II and I would like to see it as well.
It is still the best radio I have ever owned, but it could use some
firmware improvements, and we would all like to see the High speed
sweep board made available. The good news is new firmware is coming
out by October, then maybe early next year, maybe the new board will
be available. Who knows. I am not planning on selling my Orion
anytime soon as well.
73,, Mike, N4GW
On Aug 17, 2008, at 9:44 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
Well, Mike, this is most distressing. My friend is going to be
furious. I'm a little upset myself, because I was told by the
engineer
responsible for the board that the one he had at Dayton was final test
version, and it was going into production shortly after the
Hamvention.
He apologized for the delay and said that it was a more complicated
project than he'd at first thought but that it was now finally ready
to
be produced. I asked him to hold the board up so that I could take a
picture of it. I showed this photo to my friend as proof that the
board
was on its way and that any further delay would be a short one
measured
in months not years. In fact, I remember that I actually placed a
mobile phone call to my friend to give him a live, first-hand report
from the Dayton Hamvention with the good news. In addition to his
Orion
II he owns several other pieces of Ten-Tec gear. The way he was
talking
he will sell all of it and swear never to buy a piece of TT gear again
if my report from Dayton turns out to have been false. IMHO, this is
not a good way to run a business. Personally, I'm not planning on
selling my OMNI VII over this issue, but it does leave a bad taste
in my
mouth.
73,
Carl
N8VZ
Mike Christiansen wrote:
Carl, that is a brand new webpage the Tentec just put up last week,
so
the information IMO is current. This may not be the news your friend
was hoping for
Mike, N4GW
On Aug 17, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
Thanks, Mike. If this is not an old, not-updated post, I was lied to
at
Dayton. I was shown a prototype board and was told it was ready for
production. In fact, I was told that the week after Dayton they
would
be having a production meeting and that the board would be ready for
general sales within three months or so. A friend of mine who
bought an
ORION II about three years ago was told at that time that the board
would be ready "in a few months." He's ready to ditch his Ten-Ten
equipment he is so mad about this issue. When I gave him the
information from Dayton, including my live sitting of the prototype
board, he calmed down a little and said he'd give Ten-Tec a few more
months. In short, I hope what I was told at Dayton is more accurate
than this link. Perhaps, at this juncture Ten-Tec's recent "sins"
are
no more than not updating a web page! :-)
Mike Christiansen wrote:
Check this link at the Tentec site. it should answer your
questions
http://radio.tentec.com/status/
On Aug 17, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
Does anyone know the status the new display board that is coming
out
for
the OMNI VII and ORION II? I saw a prototype at Dayton and was
assured
that it was ready for production. This board will allow, among
other
things, for real time, continuous spectrum scope (like the ICOM
756
pro
series has). I'm really looking forward to this new board,
which is
supposed to cost in the $300.00 range.
Carl
N8VZ
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