Oh....on a side note, My Omni VI Plus, with an SDRPlay does almost all of the
same stuff, covers much more frequency, allows 4 or 5 different software
flavors, and I can operate the TenTec just like I always did, when I don’t feel
like turning on the computer..... I have under $1000 in all of it including the
PC. :-).
Greg, KC8HXO
Sent from my Linux device
> On Jul 28, 2018, at 09:05, Byron Cordes via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
> Yes the Orion doesn’t have all the bells it does have the whistle! I do like
> the way it handles 160 . Turn down gain 1/2 or so and signals weak and
> strong sound great.
> Yes the Orion is showing it’s age! But it was the best radio out there for
> years! Maybe there are better radios now but not many and none for the price
> of a used Orion
> Myself I use 4 different radios each has there high and low ‘s . I think
> radios are a lot like antennas , one can never have to many !
> What will be interesting is seeing where the radio manufacturers go from
> here . Icom has changed the game with the 7300 (sold thousands!) a good radio
> that does a lot of things good . What will Yaesu Kenwood and the others bring
> out? There’s a small market for $6000 radios( Flex Elecraft and the other
> flag ships) or will the manufacturers slowly have sales go down (because of
> brand loyalty )
> There might be fewer manufacturers in 5 years , there will thousands of used
> 7300 where those owner might want to up grade. There are just a few new Ham
> getting in to this sport and a lot of us are old. So probably less Radio
> sales ,less money , less manufacturers to build less radio . Maybe I
> better get another Orion !
> Byron AC9PA
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jul 27, 2018, at 2:12 PM, Keith Hanson <ac9s@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I purchased an OII at Dayton the first year they came out and couldn't have
>> been more happy. It was fully loaded including the remote pod and served me
>> well for many years. The only thing it appeared to lack was a reasonable
>> panadapter / waterfall display which Ten Tec faithfully promised me year
>> after year at Dayton and never delivered. I would have been happy with the
>> equivalent of my 756Pro display, but it never appeared. However, time
>> marches; I replaced the OII in the main position with a Flex 6700 /
>> Maestrocombination several years ago and relegated the Orion to back-up duty.
>>
>> Honestly, with the exception of AGC slope, I find the Flex to be superior in
>> every respect. I have done numerous A/B comparisons and I don't think there
>> was ever a time when the Orion receiver would have delivered better than the
>> Flex. The Flex Panafall display, a combination panadapter / waterfall,
>> makes pile-ups easy and is wonderful on "dead" bands. I rarely listen to
>> the "split" anymore in a pile-up, I can tell where DX is listening by
>> spreading the pile-up across the entire screen and seeing calling stations.
>> Plus the ability to look at all the bands simultaneously during a contest
>> changes that part of the equation.
>>
>> Bottom line for me now is that although I have lobbied for on OIII for years
>> I don't think I would buy one if it were offered - unless somehow it were to
>> beat Flex SmartSDR at its game. That is doubtful, but I'll keep an open
>> mind.
>>
>> Keith - AC9S
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