[CQ-Contest] Orion

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

Is one Orion worth two PRO2's in a contest?  A rhetorical question until
more of the Orions are on shack desks and actually in use in real heavy-duty
(OK, even light duty) contests.

However, having said that, I will happily volunteer to test 1 Orion vs. 2
PRO2's.  We just need to arrange for TenTec to give, er, loan me an Orion
and ICOM to loan me a few PRO2's.  I'll get back to you with the results in,
oh, about 3 years... that should be sufficient time for a fair test!

73, ron wn3vaw

"And if I claim to be a wise man,
It surely means that I don't know"
---- "Carry On (My Wayward Son)," Kansas

----- Original Message -----
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 10:52:27 -0500
From: ke9v at yahoo.com
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Orion

On 9 May 2003 at 10:06, Lynn Lamb wrote:

> The Orion is real, performs as advertised, more than any rig on the
> market, designed, built and serviced in the U.S., and can/will be
> updated as time moves on....free.  You are one of the best operators

I'm looking for more quantification on the actual value vs the cost delta of
an Orion and
other high-end rigs. It's easy to be a cheerleader and say the Orion is the
coolest thing
since sliced bread but I've noticed in the orion discussion, no one talks
about cost--
almost as though that doesn't matter.

Is the Orion worth thousands of dollars more than, say, a PRO2 or a MkV?
That is the
real question in my mind. I don't doubt that the Orion is good. Probably
damn good. But
to the $3300 base price when you add some filters to get those incredible
numbers
plus a microphone you have $4000+ invested in an Orion.

The PRO2 will be selling in the $2K range at Dayton next week.

Is one Orion worth two PRO2's in a contest?

73 de Jeff
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