[TenTec] IC7800

[Richard Detweiler]

>
>Yes, like every Orion owner will dump it for a couple of extra dB and
>plunk down another $7-8000.  Not likely.

Well,  maybe and then again maybe not,

Agree to dis-agree, The reason for going to the Orion in the first place was 
that extra close in performance and that few DB and extra gain on weak 
signal performance,   Some are spending a small fortune on Antenna systems, 
to those , a few DB are going to count.  Not to mention the flashy lights 
and color display.

I'll have an opportunity to test the 7800 in A/B tests here.  Many others 
will too.  That's how I came to decide on the Orion.  Let the market make 
the choices.  My comment is simply that  if Ten Tec doesn't gain the edge 
here, They will lose alot of dollars to other rigs and the back log will go 
away.

As to Yuri and his ideas,  I wouldn't write him off yet either.

73's
Rich
K5SF


>From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: RE: [TenTec] IC7800
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:58:04 -0500
>
> > Isn't it interesting we are discussing the 7800 on the TenTec
> > reflector?
>
>And the Orion shows up over there.  Most often the Icom guys show
>up lurking over here .. guess theey want to make sure their tribe still
>has the biggest chief or something :-)
>
> > If the ICOM gains the 'reliability' & 'Performance' edge, then there
> > will be many used Orions on the market
>
>Yes, like every Orion owner will dump it for a couple of extra dB and
>plunk down another $7-8000.  Not likely.
>
> > Yuri
> > might have been real close to right with his analysis of the Orion
>
>(cough)
>
>It isn't an "us versus them" thing guys ... Good grief.  It's no wonder
>the medical community hasn't identified "hypertensive radio
>disorder" as a mainstream problem for the modern ham ....
>
>Grant/NQ5T
>
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