[TenTec] Tnx es my 2 cts

[John Rippey]

Thanks to the responders to my 500 Hz filter question of a couple of days 
ago. The "problem" was solved by pulling the filter out and reinserting it 
a couple of times.

My two cents on another subject: people may be anticipating too much from 
the ARRL Lab's test report data on the ORION. IMHO, the ORION, the ICOM 
IC-756 PROII and IC-746PRO are such different animals from the usual rigs 
that undergo testing in Newington that they may well require both more 
sophisticated test equipment and different testing procedures in order to 
get the full story. Dollars to doughnuts, I'll bet both ICOM and Ten-Tec 
have test equipment in their shops that surpass what's available at the 
ARRL.  In other words, with the Lab's traditional testing parameters in 
place, I'm not sure what we'll learn that we don't know already. The 
results may well tell more about the state of the Lab''s test equipment 
than they will about the ORION.

73,
John, W3ULS