[TenTec] 7/20/05: Ten-Tec announces ORION II

[Toby Pennington]

What he is saying is that it would have be fair and honest  to be told there
is a new model coming out in a few weeks and he could wait and get a better
rig.   I agree completely!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 7/20/05: Ten-Tec announces ORION II


> > feelings toward Ten-Tec. I love the radio, but I feel like
> > the company has not treated me well.
>
> I'd call that the luck of the draw.  You buy a camera, an iPod, a
computer,
> or a washing maching and you face the same issue.  When was the last time
> Sears told you to wait two months to get the latest and greatest lawn
> tractor?
>
> It's just the way things are.  You get married, you might have met the
REAL
> girl of your dreams and true soul mate two weeks later.
>
> I feel your pain, but the half-life of any radio around is pretty short
> these days.   Regardless of what Icom says, for example, do you really
think
> the 7800 will be the ONLY high end radio they release in the next 20
years?
> That's what they said essentially in their announcements and marketing
> garbage.  Do you believe it?  DO you think that will still be their
flagship
> product in 2024? If it is, they won't sell many.  It will be a dinosaur
> years before then (like next year or the year after), surpassed wildly in
> performance by something else from  <pick a vendor>.  Icom might as well
lay
> off everyone but the assembly line if that were true.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
>
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