[TenTec] Orion Color

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

AH!  Then we could have a thread on who has the best news <vbg>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hyder --N4NT--" <N4NT_Mike.Hyder at charter.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 16:17
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Color


> 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
>
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