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Re: [TenTec] Comparison of Ten Tec Orion II with Flex 500A

To: N4PY2 <n4py2@earthlink.net>, Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Comparison of Ten Tec Orion II with Flex 500A
From: Frank Kirschner <frank@fkirschner.net>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:31:06 -0400
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That's probably enough to make the difference; I operate a lot of CW.

If the SSB performance is much better with the Flex, that might move me back
to undecided.

Thanks for your response.

Frank
KF6E

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:02 PM, N4PY2 <n4py2@earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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