TT Re: TT [TenTec] Orion is going back to dealer... sorry !

[Joe Giacobello]

A better, well written manual is clearly in order.  I have recommended 
this improvement to TenTec on more than one occasion.  There may  be a 
generic problem here.  Typically, manual preparation in most 
organizations, though not all, is given the lowest priority and assigned 
to personnel at the bottom of the totem pole.  I suspect that there are 
many contributors to this forum who could do a first rate job at 
producing an intelligible, detailed, comprehensive manual for this unit.

73, Joe

RM wrote:

>What's so Amazing?????
>
>I have had my Orion since September 2003 with all of the firmware upgrades.
>No problems...... I had to pay to upgrade (errrr, fix bugs) my Icom 775DSP
>(and my 735 and 765) sitting next to the Orion.  
>
>Perhaps a better and clearer manual to accomodate all technical levels of
>ham operators should be considered.
>
>Ron ....... NU1U
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
>On Behalf Of Tommy
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 20:37
>To: Van Kuykendall; tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: TT Re: TT [TenTec] Orion is going back to dealer... sorry !
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>That's absolutely amazing Van.
>
>Tom - W4BQF
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Van Kuykendall" <n5hty at centurytel.net>
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:17 PM
>Subject: TT Re: TT [TenTec] Orion is going back to dealer... sorry !
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>
>Tom,
>
>I read most the post with amusement. I do not post much myself but I can say
>I have never had a SINGLE PROBLEM yet. I am sure some radios do have
>problems but I wonder if it is just as many times the operator as it is the
>radio. Maybe I just do not use my enough ways and just never happen to
>fumble on a problem but you would think sometime or another I would have
>since June 2003. I have owned Drake, Yaesu, Kenwood, and Icom and for me
>this is the best radio I have ever owned. I admit I have never owned a 7800
>Icom and will not pay that much for a radio. Of course everyone likes
>different radios just like cars.
>
>Van - N5HTY
>
>-------Original Message-------
>
>From: tentec at contesting.com
>Date: 09/07/04 18:46:12
>To: eric.sensi at skynet.be; tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: TT [TenTec] Orion is going back to dealer... sorry !
>
>I'm glad to see there is at least one honest ham who has decided that he
>will not 'hang on to' the Orion until it's ready for production! My blind
>faith in Ten Tec has kept my Orion with me for 14 months. After paying
>almost $3800 for this radio, I still am waiting for  it to  operate like a
>$3800 radio should work. Meaning flawless, with no bugs, and no glitches
>which seem to change with every release of firmware. All of the test bench
>testing in the world, specifically about the excellent IMD numbers, do not
>excuse this expensive radio from still having so many problems some two
>years after it went into 'production'.
>
>I am fortunate in that I kept my Omni 6.
>
>Tom - W4BQF
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eric SENSI" <eric.sensi at skynet.be>
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:05 PM
>Subject: TT [TenTec] Orion is going back to dealer... sorry !
>
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>>Hi guys,
>>
>>Sorry about that, guys, but my Orion will go back to the dealer for
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>repair,
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>>fix up, refund or anything else...
>>
>>I spent so much time during these 4 days trying to get this radio 
>>working the way it should work... I found myself spending my time 
>>trying to get
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>all
>  
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>>the problems fixed with downgrades to the firmware (1.367 and 1.370 
>>and
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>back
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>>again to 1.371), RAM clear procedure, 10 or so master resets , etc...
>>instead of having fun on the air !
>>
>>Now the game is over for me, I'm stucked, I've lost any confidence to 
>>this piece of equipment.
>>
>>Anyway, I'm still a Tentec lover, and I regret the time of the Paragon 
>>and Omni VI+ photos hanging on the wall of my radio shack ! ;-) The 
>>Orion is working better on the nice 4 pages brochure I received from 
>>Tentec than in real life situation, at least for me ! I know there are 
>>some Orion's
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>working
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>>in some places, so again I don't say this radio is a bad one.
>>
>>All the best, I'm leaving this reflector by the small door, bye bye !
>>
>>Eric, ON6CV.
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