[TenTec] New Jupiter owner

[Jason Buchanan]

J. D. Beischel wrote:
> Get that puppy on the air - now!
> 
> You'll love it (well I hope you will, I love mine).

Oh boy - you can't even imagine how happy I am.  I brought it home from 
work, got it wired in and have been sitting in front of it since I got home.

I am totally ASTOUNDED at how well this thing works.  I don't see how it 
could be any better with the exception of adding a few more knobs (I 
guess that's one of the Orion's main features, more knobs?) for 
accessing some of the menu items but i'm totally impressed with the 
Jupiter.  The manual is very nice also.


I think the first thing that amazed me was how well the DSP works - I 
leaped right into the 40 meter CW band amid a fair amount of activity 
and was able to tune whatever station I wanted with incredible ease. 
The passband is equally wonderful.


Also, I want to thank you for your advice you sent to me earlier - your 
description of the Jupiter's powerful features was spot on.

I can't believe I even entertained the idea of a Yaesu or Kenwood.


I should receive the StudioOne mic this Friday - looking forward to 
trying out the SSB side of things!



After reading some of the reviews on eHam and list archives I was a 
little nervous about the packing and the VFO knob but those problems 
have definitely been ironed out, same for the front panel noise it 
appears.  Someone at TenTec must have been reading those complaints 
because the things people griped about seem to have been addressed and 
resolved.



very best regards,
Jason W0JSB