[TenTec] Orion Color

[Mike Hyder --N4NT--]

Yeah, color would be good.  That way we could maybe get an update that gave
us "Picture in Picture" so we could watch Fox News while we operated.

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Martin" <royalct at inr.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:17 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion Color


>
> Gee guys, if you want color please send an email to TenTec.  I brought my
> Orion about 6 Weeks ago, and not having a color display is transparent to
> me.  I will admit that I would like to have color (a nice to have feature
> that makes it look pretty).  However, in my response to Orion's survey for
> new owners I stated that I would prefer to have color only if it did not
> increase the cost of the radio (like that will happen).
>
> I own, and still do, an Icom 775DSP, which I consider to have the best
> receiver of the current asian radios...(yes, better than the PRO II).  In
> looking for an increase in receiver performance I looked at the two
american
> candidates and the upcoming Icom 7800 (full color every thing 7 inch
> display).  I quickly discounted as kinda dum paying in the neighborhood of
> 10 grand for a ham rig.
>
> Color is nice if it adds utility, other than looks good, but I needed to
get
> the best receiver at the lowest or resonable cost....and the Orion's
> monochrome display is very functional and does the job.  BTW, the Orion
was
> much easier to learn to use than the Icom 775DSP; I belive that that says
> something about the Orinon's design and the display.
>
>
> Ron ......... NU1U