[TenTec] Re: K2/100, Orion review

[Bill Tippett]

S56A wrote:
 >And less offensive against JA products!  If you would buy one of their
radios for 3K5$ with all the teething problems Orion has, you would probably
nuke them again...

         Mario, I spent over that amount on a JA radio in 1997, including
6 extra IF filters, etc.  That radio had terrible IF hiss and clicks
which many, many people complained about to the manufacturer.  But
as far as the manufacturer is concerned, it STILL has those same
"teething" problems today, nearly 8 years after it was introduced.
That manufacturer has done absolutely NOTHING about any of these serious
problems.  Furthermore, in two subsequent generations of that radio,
important performance parameters like IMD and BDR have actually degraded 
rather than improved.  Is this your model of success?

         In the 4 months I've owned an Orion, Ten-Tec has already been
infinitely more responsive than that manufacturer, and I have NO DOUBT
that they will continue to improve Orion based on my inputs.  As far as
"nuking" JA manufacturers, I don't believe that is necessary since they
are already doing a fine job of doing it to themselves by being totally
non-responsive to customers.

                                                 73,  Bill  W4ZV