[TenTec] Choice of rigs for contests

[John T. Fleming]

Rob,

I went from an Omni D to a Jupiter and now the Orion.  If you have operated
other Ten-Tec rigs, they are very similar since the same engineering
concepts carry forward.  I just bought a 706MKIIG, my first low band
Japanese rig in 47 years.  I am still trying to figure it out.  The approach
is different.  It is going to take some time.  The same would apply if you
switch from a Yeacomwood to a Ten-Tec.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson, K5UJ
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 6:35 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Cc: k5uj at hotmail.com
Subject: [TenTec] Choice of rigs for contests

You have probably hit on a reason.  When I attempted to operate an Orion I 
found it very difficult to figure out.  Many front panel bits of information

were cryptic and unintuitive which kind of surprised me since the Omni VI is

a breeze--it practically operates itself.   I can imagine that would be a 
problem at first, at a multi-multi station with a lot of guest ops.  If the 
7800 is easy to figure out without a lot of manual study time it may wind up

in some shacks, assuming the performance is there.

Rob Atkinson
K5UJ