[TenTec] Sweep display freezing on Orion

[RM]

Yep, it's the same ole stuff here.

Have had my Orion for a year now with the latest firmware update installed.
Except for one item and operating in the manner that the radio is supposed
to be (???), I have not had any problems.

Icom, well the Orion blows the socks off of my Icom 775DSP setting next to
it.

My last three Icoms, 735, 765 & 775, cost me mucho bucks to have the early
design bugs fixed.....Icom didn't see that they should be free.  This is my
first TenTec, and I'm definitely not part of the so called TenTec cult. I've
been licensed since 63.

Ron ..... NU1U
  

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Steve N4LQ
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 15:52
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Sweep display freezing on Orion

This reply is disgusting. I had the Orion for 3 weeks and had nothing but
trouble and so have dozens of other people. Eric's review was right on
target. The Orion deserves plenty of negative comments. The old TenTec cult
is showing it's ugly fangs again. I spent 3 weeks switching A/B between the
Orion and the PRO2. The PRO 2 out performed it in every respect except for
BDR and I couldn't find enough QRM to even verify that measurement.
I had lockups, hang-ups, dropouts, poor performance in QRN and even total
front end overload from BC stations. Yea I know all about the AGC setting
theories and it's a bunch of  hogwash.
I've avoided posting a review of the Orion just for this reason. No one
wants to be flamed like this! If Eric doesn't like the rig then it's his
business. To call him "reckless and unprofessional" is totally inapropriate.
As for reading the manual etc. The problems with the Orion have nothing to
do with reading the manual. No rig should suffer the glitches this one does
and reading the manual would be of no help.
Oh....I see where one of you guys suggested a "manual reset" once per week!
Now that's really some wonderful rig!


Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: <N0KHQ at aol.com>
To: <eric.sensi at skynet.be>; <tentec at contesting.com>; <toby423 at earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 1:42 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Sweep display freezing on Orion


> Hello All and Eric,
>
> I've owned my Orion since May of this year and believe it to the finest
rig
> on the market today......bar none.
>
> I too, wrote an Orion review on Eham.......but I waited 3 months before I
> did......I should have waited longer.....due to all of the additional
features
> that I keep finding.
>
> I agree with the previous post's. Its clear that you are inexperienced
with
> the operation of the Orion and I encourage you to seek help from a ham
that has
> owned an Orion for some time.
>
> To write an Orion review after just 2 days of ownership is reckless and
very
> unprofessional. You have given a new meaning to the word Amateur.
>
> If you need help in setting up the Orion properly........all you have to
do
> is ASK, like most of us had to.
>
> Just submit your question to the list and I can guarantee you will get
100's
> of replies.
>
> The Orion manual doesn't even come close to describing the optimum
> operational settings and flexibility of this SDR rig......if it did there
would be a
> heck a lot more pages than 47.
>
> Have a good day.
>
> John / N0KHQ
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