[TenTec] Ham-Com & Ten-Tec

[Duane A Calvin]

Eric,
        I noticed that the Orion had the tuning speed set extremely high
(one rotation took me a good way through the 20m band!  I didn't mention
it to Scott, but it probably should have been slowed down, which always
looks "classier."  This may explain what you were seeing.

        Not sure how TT did at HamCom, but it was a great show this year.
 Would have been great even if I hadn't won the clock at the DX Forum
this morning!

        73,  Duane


On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 16:29:59 -0500 "R. Eric Sluder" <resluder@coserv.net>
writes:
> While at Ham-Com I stopped by the Ten-Tec booth to see what was going 
> 
> on.  Not a lot of folks there at the time so I got to fiddle with 
> the knobs 
> on the Orion.  Nice radio, looks good and feels good!
> 
> I am troubled by the display on it though... I noticed while tuning 
> around 
> that the numbers change so fast that you can't read them like when 
> tuning 
> my Paragon, it's just a blur.  So I stepped over to the Jupiter and 
> noticed 
> the same thing.  I'm not sure if it's because they're display 
> models, or 
> not.  I must admit I didn't like it, but I don't have much to 
> compare it 
> too.  Later I checked out another manufacturers radios with LCD 
> displays 
> and noticed a tuning appearance that one would see on a more 
> conventional 
> radio.  It could've been the tuning speed as well on the Ten-Tec 
> rigs.
> 
> Any of you Jupiter owners notice this... or maybe I was dehydrated 
> at the 
> time :^)  Anyway, the Orion sure seems to be a nice radio unless you 
> must 
> have a color display.  Personally, now that the VI+'s are available 
> and 
> more in-line with my price range I'll be looking there.  I'm not 
> that much 
> of an operator to warrant the bucks that the Orion dictate, but some 
> of you 
> will have a ball with it!
> 
> The 516 seems to be a nice little radio and I'm sure the electronics 
> inside 
> are fabulous, but man am I disappointed in the ABS plastic main 
> knob.  As 
> much as I try to overlook the aesthetics of a good radio, it 
> troubles me to 
> pay $795 for plastic that looks like something from a toy.  A 
> miniature 
> version of the knobs used on the big Ten-Tec rigs would have been 
> far more 
> fitting.  It seems folks like the knobs on the Yaesu's a lot -- 
> maybe 
> something like that would put the touches on a fine radio.  Maybe 
> even 
> contract SGC's knobs since they're an American company... just 
> thinking out 
> loud.
> 
> Lastly, a few Triton's and a good looking Paragon for sale in the 
> market.  Not as much Ten-Tec gear in comparison to the other 
> manufacturers 
> like I just saw at Dayton though... that was Ten-Tec heaven.
> 
> 73,
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> R. Eric Sluder, W5WLW
> North Texas, USA
> resluder@coserv.net
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
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Duane A. Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
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