[TenTec] Orion SSB Challenge: why no Orions heard?

[Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales]

At 03:22 PM 10/13/03 -0500, W5YR wrote:

>I think that the major reason people end up with the "wrong" rig on their
>desk is simply that they lack correct and appropriate information upon which
>to base a buying decision.

Couldn't have said this better myself - which is why we've been very
active in describing how Orion is different from transceivers that have
come before it.


>Rigs that advertise certain specs and performance capabilities and then
>don't deliver create a situation wherein the new buyer expects what was
>advertised and finds something else.

Yes - and there are countless examples of radios that claim one thing and
then a review process like a QST Product Review indicate something
markedly different.  We're anxiously awaiting the publication of an ARRL
review of the Orion.

73
Scott Robbins
W4PA


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