[TenTec] New radio fever

[Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales]

At 07:43 AM 4/28/04 -0400, you wrote:


>         If anyone ever accuses you guys of being a
>cult, you should see some of the comments on the
>IC-7800 list.  Amazing how little more
>than advertising hype turns some folks on.  I'm sure if
>ARRL measures any decent performance in their Test
>Report,  the same folks will then be crowing about it!
>
>                         73,  Bill  W4ZV

It's been a couple of years now, but thanks to the contesting.com archive,
you can go back and look at March 2002 when we announced the Orion
and took it to the Charlotte Hamfest (with a complete specification page,
1 year in advance of release, that has changed very little since that time).

Almost all of the discussion was:  Shiny knobs!  They're yellow!  A screen!
We need a color screen!  Black!  It's *black*!

And I thought the reaction was going to be:  Look at that phase noise
performance!  Mode-appropriate roofing filters!  100 dB at 5 kHz spacing!
Incredible!

It is kind of neat to read the IC7800 reflector and see that all the 
comparative
discussion focuses on "is it as good as the Orion?" - at present, there is no
way to tell as there isn't any spec information published for the Icom radio.
Having the Orion used as the standard of comparison for a transceiver that's
three times the retail price means we've achieved what we set out to do.

Firmware update 1.370 for the Orion is coming shortly.

73
Scott Robbins W4PA




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