[TenTec] Purchasing an Orion Soon

[N0KHQ at aol.com]

Hello All.

I have been monitoring the progress of the Orion on this list for almost 2 
years.

I own a Jupiter......and love it. I use it 98% of the time over the TS-830S 
and 756Proll.

We had a near lightning strike Thursday night......it smoked the 
IC-756Proll/Power Supply, the DEQ-2496 and the garage door opener. The TS-830S, Jupiter 
made it okay.

I would expect the insurance company to give me a check to replace all of the 
damaged equipment which should total about $3K.

Although I like the Proll, it does not offer the flexibility that the Orion 
offers. 

I do realize that the Orion is not plug and play and that the learning curve 
could be quite steep.......depending on ones intelligence and patients. I'm 
getting into the Orion for the long haul, after all it is a rig that is 
continually in development.....and I like that.

I am a casual user, SSB only. So I could care less about QSK and CW issues 
that still seem to plague the Orion. (Info from list users)

My next door neighbor owns an Orion and has updated it with ver. 1.37. He 
says the Sweep function seems to be working a lot faster than before but still 
not as quickly as the 756Proll..........comments please!

My neighbor, when questioned about the monitor function through the front of 
the rig using stereo head phones has said that the audio sounds a little 
muffled. On my Jupiter I monitor the audio through the ACC in the rear and it 
sounds great........comments please!
Is the monitor function of the Orion being sampled from the actual RF out?

Has the frequency stabilization issue been resolved?

I am looking forward to taking the step of owning an Orion........its kinda 
scary.......but I think I can handle it.

Thanks for the input.

73
John / N0KHQ / St. Louis

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