[TenTec] WTB: Orion with AT

[Toby Pennington]

Good Mroning Chuck! I am not selling My Orion but wanted to respond to a 
couple of things you commented on.

There is no dead spot in the volume encoder, but there is a little issue 
with the BW encoder. As you turn the encoder you will hit a dead spot from 
time to time, but it is not consistent. This new "bug" will be fixed in a 
few weeks which is usually what happens after a big update from Ten Tec. 
After each update of this size and complexity there are always a few things 
to fix.  In essence you are getting an entirely new radio with different 
characteristics from the last version. But each new update improves the 
Orion so much more that the temporary inconvenience of a couple of bugs is a 
non event. I will not go into all the improvements that this new version has 
brought, but I think if you polled Orion owners about what is happening they 
will agree with me that the Orion is getting better with each new update.

Will the Orion ever be totally "bug free"?  Probably not if they constantly 
update the radio to make it better. So if you are waiting for perfection 
before you buy an Orion you will have a long wait I am afraid. At this time 
the Orion has the best receiver on the market, and is very user friendly, 
easy to get to know and fall in love with.

Ten Tec employees are only a phone call away from getting the help you need 
if required. Good luck and I hope your decision to buy is more influenced by 
what is great about the Orion instead of focusing on a temporary "bug" or 
two that you will always have after each update.

Toby W4CAK



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck (Jack) Hawley" <c-hawley at uiuc.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] WTB: Orion with AT


> Along these lines of buying a used Orion...
> Were there any modifications other than downloadable software changes 
> since
> the Orion first shipped?
> I keep wanting to buy one...new mostly...and then someone posts a comment
> about the volume pot or something has a dead spot...or the screen hangs 
> up.
> Then I start looking harder at the Pro III. The trouble is that I have had
> the most fun with the Omni VI+ since I have had to fix a couple of things
> (lightning or something broke the swr bridge and a surface mount opamp),
> install Inrad filters, and set the frequency trimmers on the bfo's, ref 
> osc,
> and band osc's several times. I think it is almost perfect now. One thing 
> is
> that I lose one of the 160M band registers sometimes and have to reset to
> get it back...loosing the memories I wish to keep.
> Anyway...what to do...Orion or Icom...Orion or Icom...Harley or dinette
> set...
> Chuck, KE9UW
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of KRFloyd at aol.com
>> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 21:07 PM
>> To: tentec at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TenTec] WTB: Orion with AT
>>
>>
>> I am in search of an Orion preferably with the AT, additional
>> options and
>> filters a plus!  Please drop me an email directly (_KRFloyd at aol.com_
>> (mailto:KRFloyd at aol.com) ) with age, condition, options,  price, etc.
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> Keith Floyd
>> KO4TP
>> _KRFloyd at aol.com_ (mailto:KRFloyd at aol.com)
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