[TenTec] TT (Orion) Future improvements!!!

[Jim Lowman]

Try the Unofficial Ten-Tec Pages at:

http://www.qsl.net/tentec/

Click on the "Transceivers" link and they will be listed in numerical 
order, including the 516, which is the Argo V (latest QRP rig).

Sometimes the model number helps to clarify an issue, such as the 
difference between the Omni VIs; 563/564.  The naming convention can get 
a bit confusing with the older models.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

Steve Baron - KB3MM wrote:

>TT-516 ?!
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>ARGH!!  I have no idea what a 516 is.  Where do I run to look it up.
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>Always wondered why some TT uses insist on using model numbers.  Why does TT
>waste time giving each rig a name ?
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ron Notarius" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
>To: <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 03:18
>Subject: Fw: [TenTec] TT (Orion) Future improvements!!!
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Maxwell Moon" <maxmoon at earthlink.net>
>>To: <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
>>Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:00 PM
>>Subject: [TenTec] TT (Orion) Future improvements!!!
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>>>Ron,
>>>I'm taking the odd step of writing you because I'm not on the
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>tentec-list
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>>at present (only the TT-516 list) & because your's is the most recent post
>>on the topic of Orion improvements. I have some thoughts on the subject &
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>>the time I get approved to post, this discussion will be nearly forgotten.
>>So I'm writing you on the long-shot that you might choose to pass one
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>ormore
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>>of my comments to the rest of the list. And you needn't pass my name, for
>>that matter.
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>>>1. The idea of freeing up CPU power by dropping the scope and/or the
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>>sub-RX is interesting. Is that something that could be done via a download
>>from RFSQUARED? It would be misunderstood in some quarters--others might
>>wonder about my sanity if I "REDUCE" my rig's capabilities--but from what
>>I'm reading here, I suspect many owners would give serious thought to the
>>option of increased performance from 'turning off' the band-scope or
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>sub-RX
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>>or both. If possible.
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>>>2. When discussing a color screen & the possibility that TT mis-read
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>>potential customers' desire I think we have to look back to the time of
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>>Orion's introduction. This list, for example, despite being populated by
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>TT
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>>fans & friends, did some venting over the 'deceptive' or 'misleading'
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>price.
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>>Remember people angrily posting comments like, It's not a $3300 rig, it's
>>really at least $3600 if you count the filters, or even $4000 with the
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>ATU!!
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>>That's something I remember.
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>>>My point is that in today's world, where you can easily spend more than
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>>twice the cost of an Orion (or 3 times its cost, very soon), the Orion is
>>much more likely to appear if not a bargain, then very good in
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>bang-per-buck
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>>terms. But there would've been much, much more indignation & outrage if TT
>>had introduced the Orion as a *true* $4500 or $4999 rig. (The "list price"
>>or MSRP had broken $4000 before the Orion but not the street price.)
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>>>3. The Orion price-feature-market niche discussion has come up a good
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>>number of times. Would TT have been wiser to offer the Orion at $2999 but
>>without a bandscope? Or $4999 with color scope and packed with filters?
>>Interestingly, Yaesu is offering us a real-life experiment or laboratory.
>>With their forthcoming and somewhat modular 9000's available in 3
>>configurations, including no scope, lower power, etc., and color scope,
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>more
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>>power, etc., we will be able to infer some answers to these otherwise
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>purely
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>>speculative chats about the Orion.
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>>>PS--I'm not in ANY way endorsing the Yaesu, or for that matter any IcKY
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>>rig, just saying that their marketing strategy offers us an object lesson.
>>Or, if you prefer, a sort of Monday-morning-quarterback's tool for
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>assessing
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>>our friends in mgmt at TT.
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>>>Thanks for your time,
>>>&73 / 72,
>>>Max, k0max
>>>Argo V owner but saving for the TT Big O!
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