[TenTec] Orion heartache

[Jeff Griffin]

Rusty doesn't drive a Ford anymore, he switched to Dodge this year. Hey I
have to talk about something, my Orion didn't get here yet. I'm in the
second group......

73 Jeff kb2m, happy owner of a Pegasus

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman at spacetech.com>
To: "Bill Fulling" <w4njf at email.midflorida.com>; <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion heartache


> Heh... even us 'Yankees' like NASCAR !!
>
> Seriously though, I think it is important to be carefull to separate our
> preferences from 'real' bugs.
>
> We all like/dislike certain features.  This doesn't make them good, or
make
> them bugs either.  In my view, a bug is something that doesn't work as it
> was designed to work.  A feature that works as designed, but that I don't
> like, is not a bug.
>
> Anyway, if anyone wants to give me their Orion, I'll be glad to accept it,
> 'bugs' -so called- and all !
>
> 73 de Gary, AA2IZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Fulling" <w4njf at midflorida.com>
> To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion heartache
>
>
> > Hello Scott,
> > I don't own an Orion can't afford one right now but do own a Jupiter and
> am
> > very happy with it.What really ticks me off on this so called TT
reflector
> > site are the half dozen or so people that monopolize it 24/7 that do not
> use
> > or own TT ham gear.My personal "redneckNASCAR" opinion of them is
reading
> > their endless posts about how bad,poor programmed ,etc TT gear is as
> > compared to their KENYAECOMM stuff is sort of like
> > listening to Rusty bellyaching about Dale's Chevy when Rusty drives a
> Ford!
> > If they don't own or use TT gear-ignore them!
> > 73 de Bill W4NJF
> >
> > Bill Fulling
> > w4njf at email.midflorida.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <sales at tentec.com>
> > To: <tentec at contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 9:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion heartache
> >
> >
> > > At 04:59 PM 4/9/03 -0400, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >   Although I stand behind my Orion statements, I never posted them,
> nor
> > > > were they intended for public disclosure.
> > > >
> > > >   There have been eleven Orion firmware updates since v1.328 of
March
> > > > 28th. There are literally hundreds of software bugs in the control
> > program.
> > > >   73, Alan    K2WS
> > >
> > > Good morning:
> > >
> > > I am sorry, but that statement is patently false.  There are not
> 'hundreds
> > > of bugs'
> > > in anything that we build.   I read the long post here on the
reflector,
> > > and it's
> > > obvious that you didn't agree with our user-interface design
philosophy
> > for
> > > the Orion.
> > > There is not a whole lot that can be done to overcome that - and
that's
> > why
> > > we have a 30 day trial period and don't require an advance deposit for
> > > anything that Ten-Tec builds.
> > >
> > > We could just as easily make *fewer* revisions to the Orion firmware
and
> > > not release the revision history - that doesn't strike me as being in
> sync
> > with
> > > our philosophy of 'telling it like it is' (for lack of a better term).
> > >
> > > There have been some comments about "Gee - you better not say anything
> > > bad on the reflector about Ten-Tec's products, or else...." - I think
> any
> > > long-time reader of this forum will have seen everything from blind
> praise
> > > to outright hostility over the entire spectrum of what we do.  The
> beauty
> > > of contesting.com is that it's archived for handy reference later.
> > >
> > > 73
> > > Scott Robbins, W4PA
> > >
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