[TenTec] Orion Aesthetics Comment

[Paul Christensen]

As long as the black material can be cleaned reasonably well, I'm OK with
it.

Several years ago, and during a fleeting moment when I lost my senses, I
purchased a FT-1000MP.  It was nearly impossible to keep clean since the
plastic texture was such that it not only attracted dust, but it could not
be wiped away unless a wet cloth was used.

I imagine the injection molding reduces assembly costs, but it's difficult
to beat the look of the RX-340 or Omni Six.  Hopefully, a choice of Jupiter
or Omni Six-style knobs can be substituted at the time of order.

-Paul, W9AC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Miller" <k4sqr@juno.com>
To: <RLVZ@aol.com>; <TenTec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 16:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Aesthetics Comment


> K9OM & readers;
>
> Just returned from viewing the Orion at Charlotte Hamfest. I am
> disappointed in its cosmetics.
> Its black case is awful. Reason for black: to "break away from the Omni
> image" was the answer.
> The Omni V, VI and VI plus are excellent transceivers IMO. I owned two
> "V"s and am on my second VI Plus. Because the Orion does not physically
> resemble the gray Omni's, there is no reason why it should not be Gray as
> well.
> I concur with the comments below: black shows dust & lint overnight.
> And an American Manufacturer should continue setting its equipment apart
> from JA boxes. The Orion should not look like a JA rig, as it certainly
> does in person. Furthermore, the opinion of Ten-Tec owners were similar
> to mine after they saw the Orion today.
>
> Could not get an answer as to how the new and nicely designed S-Meter is
> driven.
>
> My 564 Omni VI Plus may last me a lot longer than expected, because I
> have no intention of spending $3300. on a rig that looks like it came
> from Japan. If I wanted a "black box", I would take advantage of the
> $500. coupon and buy a 200 watt Yaesu Mark V FT-1000 Yaesu for $2500.
>
> 73,
> Jim, K4SQR
> A Ten-Tec user since 1975.
> Charlotte, NC
>
> On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 14:05:52 EST RLVZ@aol.com writes:
> > I for one would much prefer that TT keep the OMNI VI color scheme.  I
> > do not
> > like the dark color at all. .. it shows dust and lint terribly.
> > Also, the
> > Orion wouldn't look so out of place when set alongside the OMNI VI
> > and Titan.
> >  While the Orion would look fine besides my MP... why do we want to
> > copy a
> > ricebox?
> >
> > With that said... I am very happy that TT is aggressively working on
> >
> > improvements!
> >
> > 73,
> > K9OM
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