They are both great radios. The biggest difference is on CW. The Flex
radios have no CW QSK and the internal keyer in the Flex radios has latency
which makes using the internal keyer difficult.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Hays, NC 28635
www.n4py.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Kirschner" <kirschne@erols.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:50 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Comparison of Ten Tec Orion II with Flex 500A
> All,
>
> I realize that the two are very different realizations of transceivers,
> but
> from an operating standpoint, does anyone have any experience or
> observations? The cost is about the same for the two (or close enough
> that I'm considering them both). Which "works" better? Ability to hear
> signals, ability to transmit a signal that will be heard?
>
> I've read reviews of both, but without hands-on experience, there's no way
> for me to compare, and I don't want to buy both.
>
> Thanks.
>
> 73,
> Frank
> KF6E
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