[TenTec] new owner Orion

[Toby Pennington]

Skip, I think it is really great that an American  Radio manufacturer will 
allow you to try out their product  for 30 days, and if you don't like it, 
you can send it back for a full refund.  And if your case, that is what I 
think you should do.   Toby W4CAK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "skip" <k3cc at fast.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: [TenTec] new owner Orion


> When I unpacked my Orion the Main tuning knobs fell off.  I guess that's 
> why
> they give you the hex keys.
>
> The main display was unreadable, a bright almost white light.  It took 
> some
> reading of a very poor manual to figure out how to correct the problem 
> with
> the cheap LCD screen.
>
> This is piss poor American quality control.
>
> The manual is a joke.  It looks like something a kid would do in his
> basement.  Again poor proof reading, and very little info for a novice 
> user.
>
> These are statements of facts people.
>
> As for the performance of the radio I can not comment as yet.
>
> I will use my Yaesu Ft 1000 MP/MkV and a Icom 756 ProII to do an A, B and 
> C
> comparison.
>
> My thoughts about the radio are, without Carl's N4YP software I would send
> it back, the display is  real cheap for the touted radio quality.  I don't
> like a multi function control which does everything from a menu.  I do 
> admit
> the box looks better in person than in the pictures.  And what's with an 
> ALC
> light ?????   Why did Ten Tec use a mini stereo phone plug for the paddle
> input ????  Everyone else uses a standard 1/4" plug.
> Hey, a $3,500 radio and NO mic ??????
>
> I have had my Orion for about 2 weeks and it works OK accept for the sweep
> display issues and unstable display.
>
> These are my first impressions, lets hope the radio performance can redeem
> itself.
>
> de Skip     K3CC
>
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