I agree Keith. I want an O3 but it would have to have lots of stuff like the
new radios to get my interest. I found a lovely K3 with $5000 worth of goodies
for a song and dance. Just got it working on FSK.
I spent hours and built and bought interfaces and never could get my O2 to do
FKS tho it does AFSK with a SignaLink USB fine except that it won’t drive my
ACOM 1000 to even 500 watts for more than a few moments. Usually settles to 300
watts and that is it.
Next step is display. Love having 2 full time full power RX. O2 would not keep
subRX on all the time.
Spent lots of bux trying to get O and O2 to factory specs, unsuccessfully.
Sorry Ten Tec. Love the Orions just want them to work like new.
73 jack ak7o
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3. Wanted to buy:Ten-Tec Model 254 Tuner (Bryan Lee Cornwell)
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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:12:09 +0000
From: Keith Hanson <ac9s@hotmail.com>
To: "tentec@contesting.com" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] When can I buy a new transceiver?
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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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Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 08:05:58 -0500
From: Byron Cordes <byroncordes@icloud.com>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] When can I buy a new transceiver?
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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
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> 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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Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:45:53 -0400
From: Bryan Lee Cornwell <blcornwell@k2blc.com>
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Subject: [TenTec] Wanted to buy:Ten-Tec Model 254 Tuner
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Wanted to buy:
Ten-Tec Model 254 Tuner
http://tentecwiki.eqth.net/doku.php?id=254
Please reply to :
blcornwell@k2blc.com
Thanks
Lee K2BLC
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