[TenTec] Truth in Lending!!

[n4lq]

Just start coughing up those Orions and these questions will go away. 

N4LQ

-----Original Message-----
From: "Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <sales@tentec.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:54:54 -0500
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Truth in Lending!!

> At 07:39 PM 1/13/03 -0600, you wrote:
> 
> >Anyone could probably cob together some sort of station around the
> >basic ORION at $3300, and those who can will probably do so. But,
> >looking beyond the present customer base, "new" ORION owners will
> >want/need the entire system, including all those filters that are
> >deemed essential for the ORION to meet its superlative performance
> >goals. And it is that group that I have in mind when I observe that
> >the ORION is not a $3300 radio for the general amateur public. If the
> >entire package has been designed to meet performance goals, then the
> >new Ten Tec customer will either be required or will desire to
> >purchase the package, not just the basic radio.
> 
> Well - not really.  Without going too far into it, there are a couple
> of points that strike me as obvious, but apparently not as obvious
> as I thought.
> 
> 1) the performance numbers claimed for the Orion are for the
> stock radio without any accessory crystal filters installed.
> 
> 2) At 20+ years into the age of solid state transceiver era, many
> hams have an accessory 13.8 Vdc power supply already on hand
> to power an Orion.  Most hams already have a suitable microphone,
> too, whether it's ours or Heil or someone else.  If not, we have
> the options available.  We always sell far more rigs than options
> (which is also why it's hard to come by used older optional
> equipment for Ten-Tec radios).
> 
> 3) Going along with #2, most purchasers of Orion are not buying
> this as a first-time HF rig.  Rare is the day when I talk to a newly
> licensed ham who is plunking down $3K+ for a new HF transceiver
> as his/her first radio (though it does occur, sure).
> 
> >  The basic radio *is*, but if you want an ORION system
> >(power supply, speaker, mic, tuner, full set of filters, etc) then it
> >is a $4431.95 radio and should be viewed that way when being compared
> >with other TOL radios, not the residue of older Ten Tec radios and
> >parts that many current customers may already have.
> 
> Everyone sells accessories.   Each company has a different philosophy
> about what is essential and what is not for a stock HF transceiver to
> be supplied with.  Desk mic, speaker, computer command interface
> and power supply are all options for the IC756ProII.  Explain to
> me what I'm missing here (?)
> 
> Scott Robbins, W4PA
> 
> 
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