[TenTec] IC7800

[Tommy]

TaTa....totally disagree with that Bill. Some 25 years before I retired I
planned on the QTH I wanted when I retired. With the announcement of the
Orion and the Titan 3, I put that into my retirement  budget. I now have the
QTH I want (on  15 acres) and the radio set up I want, all within the
planned budget. Do I want to run out and buy the next 2 to 3dB 'better'
radio....heck no, certainly think I'm gonna be VERY happy with my decision.
And I'll just leave it up to  the operator to make up the 'extra dB better'
if there turns out to be such a thing.

Give something back....I did...gave 11 years to this country's
military....anybody else that needs a hand-out, can get it somewhere else.

Tom - W4BQF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Rowlett" <kc4atu at hotmail.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] IC7800


> All this shows is there are too many people with too much extra cash that
> could go to a lot better places than into a radio sitting on a desk.
>
> You do not win the game of life with the biggest and most expensive toys.
If
> you have that much, give something back.
>
> Back to the cave.
>
> 73 Bill  kc4atu
> FM19ga
>
> QRP, doing more with less
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Richard Detweiler" <rdetweil at hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: tentec at contesting.com
> >To: tentec at contesting.com
> >Subject: RE: [TenTec] IC7800
> >Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:33:28 -0500
> >
> >>
> >>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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