[TenTec] ORION Returns

[John Sheeley]

Todd 
Thats why Ten-Tec has the 30 day demo. you can't make
every one happy . I am a happy  first run Orion owner 
John de WB4QDA
--- "M.Todd Miskel" <kd7efq62 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all, NOTE: This is not a bashing, but rather a
> concern. In the last 24 
> hrs I have heard 2 more people have returned their
> Orions to Ten tec. The 
> biggest complaints I have heard is that the Orion
> was an unfinished product 
> and released too early with many little bugs in it,
> No color display, (which 
> to me is no big detail) and non-linearity on the
> spectrum display. These 
> people claimed to both be engineers with one
> supposedly having a Phd in EE. 
> Their disappointment mainly was that for the cost of
> the radio, they 
> shouldn't have to be finishing Ten Tec's Beta
> testing for them out of their 
> own pockets.
> One Gentleman said he will put his money down on 2
> Brand X 7800's (which is 
> pricey!) but at least he knows he will have a
> finished product when it 
> arrives. I personally would like an Orion, but the
> more I hear of these same 
> complaints makes me continue to be cautious and
> stick with my Omni 6+. I 
> know not everyone wants the same thing from a radio,
> but is there any info 
> on how many Orions have been sold Vs. how many have
> been returned? For me, 
> this would be a good barometer on when the Orion has
> matured. I would buy TT 
> before another brand, but $3500 for me is an
> investment I don't want to be 
> dissatisfied with. 73. Todd
> 
>
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