[TenTec] ORION

Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX RMcGraw@Blomand.Net
Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:31:28 -0600


Paul:

I fully agree.  I'm an avid HF'er and work EME, MS, & tropo on VHF & UHF.
I've found that may of the "all band, all mode" rigs suffer in RX
performance, especially on VHF & UHF.  I say if one wants to work HF then
get a good HF rig.  For me, VHF & UHF demand separate radios.  In truth, I
use a Tentec OMNI VI+ on 10M with dedicated Down East Microwave transverters
for VHF and UHF.

73
Bob K4TAX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul DeWitte K9OT" <k9ot@mhtc.net>
To: <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:51 AM
Subject: [TenTec] ORION


> On the subject of features for the new rig I see no reason to have VHF/UHF
> in a HF rig as you can only listen to one band at a time (unles you have
> dual independent recieve) anyway. A lot of the all band hf/vhf/uhf rigs
> compromise their performance on some bands. I would rather have a VERY
good
> HF rig and if I wanted to get on vhf/uhf get a seperate rig for those
> bands.I would guess this will be the top of the line radio and see them
put
> ALL of their efforts in to making it the best HF rig out of TEN TEC yet.
> Personal opinion only. 73 Paul k9ot
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