I couldn't have said it better, Dennis.
Good job. I hope enough "whiners" read it.
Palstar does have great stuff. I have two tuners. They could improve on
answering emails, though.
Scott K4VWK
-----Original Message-----
>From: Dennis OConnor <ad4hk2004@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Nov 11, 2009 8:37 AM
>To: tentec@contesting.com
>Subject: [TenTec] Final Firmware O2
>
>Hmmm, some of you need to cut back on the coffee...
>
>The O2 is a fine radio, well positioned in the upper reaches of ham radio
>transceivers...
>The biggest whine I see is that they are not producing enough firmware changes
>to make you happy..
>It appears that some believe the K3 radio with its rapid parade of firmware
>revisions is somehow superior because it needs frequent revising - this does
>not bespeak superior, to me; adaptable maybe, a secondary hobby in it's own
>right, but not necessarily superior......
>
>Then I read the moaning about the O2 sweep; and they didn't do this, they
>didn't do that, etc...
>Last time I checked the ads the K3 does not have a sweep screen... But
>somehow, not having a sweep screen makes it the superior radio, because Orion
>is not upgrading its sweep screen fast enough - the logic of that escapes me...
>If you want a radio with a fancy sweep screen get a Pro III...
>If you want an even fancier sweep screen get an LP PAN for your Orion / K3...
>
>If you want an even fancier radio get one of the $11K to $13K models from the
>land of the rising sun - but don't expect the factory to answer the phone and
>put the technician that built and aligned your radio on the phone to talk you
>through a problem - which both Orion and Elecraft do routinely...
>
>I happen to have the O2... I have looked hard at the K3 with the more capable
>sub receiver - as recently as 2 weeks ago... But, the less desirable
>ergonomics of the radio outweigh the receiver advantage and I opted to stay
>with the Orion for the third year... The O2 has the best combination of
>receiver and ergonomics I have found in 45 years of ham radio...
>
>Lastly, I am thrilled to have Ten Tec and Elecraft slugging it out in the ham
>radio arena... A vast improvement over the import radios that have dominated
>the ham business for some time..
>And while I am mentioning US companies, let me point out that PALSTAR acquired
>the Commander amplifiers and has put considerable time, innovation, and money,
>into improving those amps until they appear to me, to be the best amps in the
>business... They now have a complete line of tuners, meters and high quality
>amps... You could do a lot worse than spend your ham dollars with them - and
>drive that amp with a new O2 or K3...
>
>denny / k8do
>
>
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