[TenTec] Orion II

[Scott Harwood]

Emails such as this made me bite.  Called Ten-Ten yesterday and traded my Orion for an Orion II.  Look forward to receiving it in early Feb.
Their website crashed shortly after I placed my order.  Hope that wasn't an omen.
Merry Christmas all.
Scott K4VWK
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Barry LaZar" <k3ndm at arrl.net>
Reply-To: k3ndm at arrl.net,Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Date:  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:12:30 -0500

>	I received my new Orion II this afternoon. I expected it in mid January,
>but I'm not complaining. There really is a Santa Claus.
>	Not having had an original "classic" Orion, It took me a few hours to
>unpack all the stuff and set it up, meaning power, antenna, learning to turn
>the autotuner on, etc. Since it was close to my bed time, I was unable to
>really test out the radio. However, My first impression is that this piece
>of gear is really something else. On 40 meters among the BC stations, this
>radio shines brightly.
>	I suspect that I'm going to need to read the manual on this one to maximize
>what I can do. But, I'm really impressed. GOOD SHOW Tentec.
>
>73,
>Barry
>K3NDM
>
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