Well I hope they stick with the dual VFO knobs. It may seem silly but that is
one of the big reasons I went to an Orion II. I came from Yaesu FT-1000 series
radio’s and two things I really enjoy having are separate VFO knobs and split
headphone audio. Major tools of a DXer/Contester. I also hope for two
receivers with identical performance/filtering. Bulletproof 100W RF out and
trendsetting transmit spectral purity. It’s time we cleaned up the transmit
side and quit focusing so much on the receiver...they are performing great.
Also I have another pile of radio’s that do General Coverage...don’t need it in
my HF rig. I'm also good with keeping the spectrum scope external so it can be
an option for those who don’t feel the need and so it’s horsepower needs don’t
cut into the radio DSP performance. Computer monitor compatibility would be a
plus. Remote tuning knob/keypad a great feature too....Love mine.
Icom can’t touch those features on any model short of the 7800...keep it priced
between the 7600 and the 7700. The Yaesu FT-2000 is probably going away if not
already gone so your next choice is the FT-5000...keep it priced under that.
Easily under the new Kenwood Flagship. (TS-990?)
That should take care of the Japanese rigs...next is being competitive with the
K3...should be doable.
Just my short list...
Cecil
K5DL
From: Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
Sent: January 19, 2014 11:06 PM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] What's going to be next?
Every now and again the topic of future (dream) radio comes up.
In my opinion, expensive radios are not the bread and butter of any company
and in light of the life cycle of components these days, not a good
investment from a cost of ownership point of view.
In the interest of Ten-Tec remaining in business, I would like to see
something like this:
<> A big brother to the Eagle, based on its existing technology
<> An entry-level price of well under $3K
<> Physically no larger than the Omni VI
<> An optional 2nd RX, like with the K3
<> Filter slots for all 5 filters
<> A readable S-Meter (at least 3x or 4x as large as the Eagle's)
<> Interfacing for an external bandscope, but no built-in band scope -
there are plenty of different solutions already available on the market
<> Band stack registers
<> Provision for an external RX antenna
<> Adjustable LEAD and HANG timing for external AMP relay control
<> As well as the KEYING LOOP
<> NOT a dark color. I find it difficult to read lables on any black
radio. Why not blue like Hilberling? The OM-VI was not bad either.
<> RED DOT
<> A big bag of sunspots ;-)
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary Smith
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2014 5:12 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] What's going to be next?
The Orion was a magnificent radio & it made it through two really nice
versions but for whatever reasons, an Omni 3 was not offered & the Omni 2
was the end of life of that lineage. The current top of the line is the Omni
7 which as I recall was not touted as highly as the Orion but was offered at
the same time.
Any next top of the line to be released TenTec heard about in the chatter?
73,
Gary
KA1J
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