[TenTec] Re: Ten Tec and Years End Thoughts

[Gary Tuck]

Have to admit that I'm a little slow.  Know this is a SDR but guess I'm 
finally beginning to understand that this is a computer--and a Windows 
computer at that- where you might have to reboot, tweak the software 
settings, get it right for you and pray.  While using 98, 2000 and then 
XP at the office for years, I've been a Mac guy at home.  Bought a low 
end Windows laptop just for the Orion knowing that firmware came that 
way as did most ham software.  ((the difference between Window and Mac 
is that with the former, I wish I had a pointed hat with stars on it 
and a wand.  With the latter, I can usually figure it out--only cuz of 
experience of course)

I was having a pretty good experience with 1.371 on the Orion when it 
arrived Sept 1.  "Upgraded" to 1.372 and had nothing but 
problems--smaller ones but problems.  Then downgraded to 1.371 and it 
is working better than ever before!!  Very stable, smooth and without a 
glitch (fingers crossed, wand held high!)   Sometimes I wonder if one 
shouldn't "wipe the hard drive, and reinstall the operating system" 
when first receiving a radio, just as many have recommended when first 
receiving a computer!  Know I've done it from time to time, whether 
Windows or Mac.

A year end's rambling,  Gary W7TEA