[TenTec] One complicated radio!

[John Rippey]

My thanks to the people who responded both privately and on this reflector 
to my not-quite-facetious comments this a.m. regarding the Orion's seeming 
complexity.

I can easily differentiate myself from Bill, W4ZV, in one clarion respect: 
it appears from his e-mail address he's an MIT alum. Your humble 
correspondent spent an unproductive freshman semester in Cambridge long ago 
and took advantage of the semester break to high tail it out of 
there--those folks, such as Bill, no doubt, were WAY too smart for me!

So what comes easily to Bill and such (or Doug Smith or Scott Robbins) 
after a week or so with the Orion chances are might not become clear to 
me--ever.

Also, I think comparing the K-2 with any other rig is not productive 
because the K-2 beyond its QRP foundation has got to be an acquired taste, 
pricey at that if you want 100 watts, SSB, DSP, 6 & 2 meters, etc. Granted 
it's a good performer. It may be that the Orion similarly is an acquired 
taste as well. Hey, I drive a 12-year-old Jeep Cherokee with a stick shift, 
so you can get a sense of where I'm coming from.

Great comments, great reflector.

73,
John, W3ULS