[TenTec] Orion Performance Specs

[n4lq@iglou.com]

Wait until it's been on the market for a year or two then buy one.

N4LQ

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jim Reid" <jimr.reid@verizon.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 09:20:07 -1000
Subject: [TenTec] Orion Performance Specs

> Dennis, N5UF wrote,  in part:
>  
> > > Hello All, I saw the Orion and spent some time with Scott. 
> >>  He says  that the hardware is stable and that the pacing 
> >>  item is the  Software.....  4 prototypes have been assembled 
> >>  and 6 more are in the works. Time  frame  is still
> September/October.
> > > 
> > > I have a preliminary Data Sheet....
> 
> I suppose that the final specs will be based upon the "typical"
> performance of the above 10 units?  Maybe max and min specs
> based upon the "worst" performance among the 10 units,  with
> typicals somewhere near the "best" numbers from the group?
> Is that how it is done??   Or,  I guess amateur gear really
> does not carry "guaranteed" max/min specs,  just typicals.
> Notice that on the present TT rigs spec pages there is a
> note saying that the specs may/can change without notice.
> 
> How to know what exactly one is buying with a top line rig
> purchase?  
> 
> 73,  Jim  KH7M
> 
> 
> 
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