[TenTec] Orion's lack of color

[Bill Rowlett]

It does not surprise me that the people at a DX bash would be Icom people. 
With the big three lending DX groups there equipment to use, the DX monkeys 
have to have the same gear that the folks they are trying to work have.

For me, I will keep the rigs where an upgrade is a free download from the 
web site, not a new rig. The marketing folks in Japan are doing a great job 
in getting all these Americans to spend the big bucks every time they make a 
minor change or fix a proplem. How many will buy the several versions of 
that new rig that Icom showed at Dayton.

I buy what is in the box, not how the box looks. As a QRP operator, I will 
keep my Argonaut V over any thing I have used form Japan. A friend has a Pro 
2 and he can keep it.

To each his own said the old lady as she kissed the cow.

73,  Bill  kc4atu

>From: "john, ke5c" <ke5c at hot.rr.com>
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion's lack of color
>Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:35:50 -0500
>
> > Please, not this again...  How many QSO's do you
> > make with your eyes?  All of mine are using my ears...
> > If you want a color display, please buy and IC-756Pro2 and
> > tune it to Oprah while I work the stuff it can't hear!  <ggg>
>
> >From what I saw this weekend at the W5 DX BASH (http://www.dxbash.com/), 
>a
>lot of folks probably will - buy the Icom.  An Orion and a Pro 2 were
>side-by-side at the operating positions, and I spent about two hours Friday
>and about two more today watching the goings-on.  The Pro 2 operating seat
>was rarely empty.  I arrived early to get a chance at the Orion, but that
>turned out to have been unnecessary.  The Orion comments focused on the b/w
>screen, the wobbly tuning knobs, the price, and the slow encoder tuning
>rate - even when set to "fast" in the "other" menu.  The Icom comments
>focused on how they fixed the bugs and design issues in the 756 Pro by
>bringing out the Pro 2 while  not doing anything to remedy those who
>purchased the original Pro.  Operationally, I don't recall any negatives
>voiced about the Pro 2.  Lately I have noticed that my 6+ is working more
>and more Pro 2's during 40 meter CW ragchews, and I've yet to work a single
>Orion.
>
>73, John
>
>
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