[TenTec] work in progress

[DennisKT5D at aol.com]

  Okay, I am usually the silent type and mostly lurk around here but I've 
gotta respond to this.
  I have had a few radios in 37 years of hamming. And I've played with a 
whole lot at work (I am an electrical engineer in the land mobile radio business). 
I currently have an OMNI 6+ and Titan amp. Along side it sits a Collins 
KWM-380 and a K2. I am at that point in my life when I can finally have any rig I 
choose and I choose Ten Tec. I could tell you about the side by side tests, the 
servicing differences, the reliability issues, etc. but I doubt that would 
console you. Perhaps you got a lemon, perhaps there are other extenuating 
circumstances you aren't even aware of (and this can and does happen, more often 
than you might think). The point is this; if Ten Tec is/had been producing junk, 
they won't/wouln't have stayed in business. As they are definitely still 
around, they don't/aren't making junk. They also must move forward with new 
technology, SDR, to remain competitive. All companies struggle with new technology so 
Ten Tec is no different there. 
  Perhaps you need to reevaluate the root source of your problem and 
determine if it is correctible, unless you are already so soured on the Orion that 
nothing anyone can say or do will change your mind. Regrettably, we all 
eventually have a few bad experiences that bias us away from certain products or firms. 
Whether it is an isolated problem or an inherent design shortcoming will be 
apparent in the long run.