[TenTec] RE: [Orion] Are contesters switching to the Orion

[ac5e at comcast.net]

Well, I am in the midst of moving so have serious antenna problem. The good beam is fixed on Africa and I don't feel like changing the rotor only to move tower and all this summer - the 30 Meter dipole is down and ditto - the vertical has feedline problems and ditto - but the guys who have used the Orion here say they will never contest with their 756/MarkV's or whatevers again. 
 
As far as reliability problems with the Orion are concerned, IF I still owned an Icom HF rig I would be far more concerned with the many documented failures of those rigs over the last couple of years. Since I'm not - and considering how close knit the Ten Tec and Orion groups are, I rather suspect that most of the Orion's actual rig failures will have been mentioned on one or the other of the reflectors. And that means the Orion must be very reliable indeed. 

DXpeditions? Ten Tec does not sponsor DXpeditions. Any Orion carried on an expediton will be someone's property, carried at the owners risk, and at some individual's expense. That does not detract from the quality of the radio - but only reflects on the advertising budget of the companies who do sponsor expeditions. Advertising that is bought and paid for with money that might well be spent building a little more reliability into the equipment they currently have on the market. 

73 Pete Allen  AC5E


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> 
> 
> Hi Charlie,
> I'm not sure if I qualify as a "prominent contester". I have put many hours
> in the chair at K1RX m/m. I switched from the Icom Pro II to the Orion. I
> miss the band scope on the Pro II but that's about it.
> 
> Dave N1IX
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: orion-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:orion-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Charlie, W0YG
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 11:28 AM
> To: Orion Reflector
> Subject: [Orion] Are contesters switching to the Orion
> 
> 
> I am in an in-depth discussion with folks on the Icom 756 PRO II Yahoo
> Reflector about contesters switching to the Orion.  I made the statement
> that contesters are fast making the Orion the contest radio de jour.  One
> subscriber stated this:
> 
> >Just curious, what do you base this statement on? What recent >major DX
> expeditions have used exclusively Orion radios? My >understanding is that
> the high end Orions have reliability >problems.
> 
> >I know many recent major DX efforts have used either Icom or >Yaesu. I also

> know Orion has several very vocal supporters >but I seriously doubt
> "contesters" as a group are switching >in any significant numbers to Orion.
> 
> I know that many many prominent contesters have switched to the Orion.  If
> you have switched, how about a quick e-mail to me off-line letting me know
> what you switched from.
> 
> Many thanks all,
> 
> Charlie, W0YG..>>
> 
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