[TenTec] Sweep display freezing on Orion

[Grant Youngman]

> Eric, I just read your review on Eham and feel that after owning the
> Orion for just two days, you really don't know what is going on yet
> with the rig. 

It does seem that one ought to give a strange and foreign object more 
than two days, at least look for some input and guidance, attempt to 
actually learn something about the radio from those who've already 
bothered to do so,  and separate cockpit error from real problems before 
putting out a "review".

There was a very interesting editorial "Engineers as Soothsayers" in the 
September issue of IEEE Computer, about some of the problems design 
engineers face when working on new products.  One comment I found 
particularly interesting as I read the article ... 

" .. humans imagine and create, and those who use their creations soon 
relegate them to the status of kitchen brooms, taken for granted except 
when they malfunction or otherwise fail to satisfy their owner's ever-
increasing expectations.  If there is a kitchen broom god, she gets busier 
every day."  

Grant/NQ5T