[TenTec] E-ham Bad Orion Review

[Robert & Linda McGraw K4TAX]

Art Collins and company built some fine radios in their day.  To that extent
I'd love to have a couple of them on the desk today.  However, I can
personally tell you about one Collins Radio broadcast product, being an FM
transmitter that back then cost some 5 times that of the Orion today, and it
was total hardware.  In 2 years of ownership it was off the air more hours
than on the air.

If man designed it and built it, then expect that it will have problems.
Just some more than others.

73
Bob, K4TAX


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Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:00 AM
Subject: [TenTec] E-ham Bad Orion Review


> Hello, I did not intend to start any type of flame war, and I was actually
> praising Sinista's
> work with a little humor. I agree with his point that something should
> perform as advertised and rated / described, right out of the box. If
someone had
> spent $3300 + for a rig, say in the Art Collins days, and ended up having
even a
> few of the glitches you have with the hybrid computer / radios of today,
It
> would have been sent back in a heartbeat, and the Collins reputation
wouldn't
> be what it is today.
>
>  It shouldn't have to be a choice between performance and reliability in
the
> price ranges of today's radios. You should get BOTH, "Right out of the
box".
> I'll go back to observing threads now. 73.  Todd
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