[TenTec] New Orion Owners

Fri Apr 8 17:15:46 EDT 2005

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David S.McCallum" <w7sac2 at cox.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 20:27
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Orion Owners

> Maybe it's time to drop the subject and get on,,,,Mac

Hooray, let's do that.

> 
> David S. McCallum/USAF RET./CMSGT/W7SAC/4
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Davis" <nn6ee at yahoo.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Orion Owners
> 
> 
> Geeeezzzh Tommy lighten up!!!
> 
> I was my own opinion and was'nt meant to RUFFLE your
> or anybody elses feathers!!! 
> 
> *************************************************
> --- Tommy <aldermant at alltel.net> wrote:
> > Everybody has their own experience and their own
> > opinion Jim!
> > 
> > Tommy
> > 
> > W4BQF
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Davis
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 2:32 PM
> > To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Orion Owners
> > 
> > Really Tommy even as a "plug&play" rig it still
> > would
> > beat the pants off of all the others available!!!
> > And
> > besides buying the "ORION" is a heck of a better
> > deal
> > than spending $10,000 or more for any other
> > high-performance rig!!!
> > 
> > Absolutely NO complaints (yet)!!! :-)))
> >
> ******************************************************
> > --- Tommy <aldermant at alltel.net> wrote:
> > > I truly urge all Orion owners to READ the owners
> > > manual. Keep it on your
> > > desk. Read it AGAIN! The Orion is not a
> > > plug-and-play radio, it IS a new and
> > > different kind of radio that really takes some
> > > operational understanding in
> > > order for us to use to it's best ability.
> > >
> > > If you have problems, I urge you to call Ten Tec.
> > It
> > > is their radio, they
> > > designed it and built it, and they know more about
> > > it than most of us do.
> > > And that is one reason they had excellent customer
> > > support.
> > >
> > > Scott at Ten Tec, spent many hours writing the
> > > owners manual and it is your
> > > BEST reference to help you understand how to get
> > the
> > > most out of the Orion.
> > > In my opinion, if you take short cuts and don't
> > read
> > > the owners manual and
> > > don't get an understanding of how the design
> > works,
> > > your going to make the
> > > road to obtaining it's best performance, more
> > > difficult for you. Do yourself
> > > a favor and read the manual, more than once!
> > >
> > >
> > > Tommy
> > > Ex-Orion firmware beta tester
> > >
> > > W4BQF
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> > > [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> > > On Behalf Of N0KHQ at aol.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 3:01 PM
> > > To: tentec at contesting.com
> > > Subject: [TenTec] New Orion Owners
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Its good to see a new batch of Orion owners
> > starting
> > > to pop up.
> > >
> > > I am in the process of putting together a "Quick
> > > Setup Guide" for the
> > > Orion.
> > > At this writing the QSG is about 60 % complete. I
> > > hope to have it  completed
> > >
> > > and distributed to other selected Orion owners for
> > > comments and  editing by
> > > the end of this week.
> > >
> > > In the mean time, if there are any new Orion
> > owners
> > > that are having a
> > > problem setting up the Orion menu system for
> > optimal
> > > performance please send
> > > me  an
> > > email. I'll email my telephone number to you and
> > > we'll get her  setup.
> > >
> > > Just remember to do one thing before calling: Do a
> > > Master Reset of the
> > > Orion
> > > upon delivery. Pg. 47 of the manual.
> > >
> > > I am an Orion Beta Tester for Engineering at
> > Ten-Tec
> > > and I'm here  to help.
> > >
> > > Until next time............
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > > John / N0KHQ / St.  Louis
> > > http://www.hamuniverse.com/antennas.html
> > >
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