[TenTec] Orion II

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Toby, you have some unrealistic dreams!

What we are witnessing here is what goes on every day in the world.
Not just ham radios, but cars, computers, anything.
Something new announces every day and each time, somebody had just purchased
the old model one day before.

If T-T followed your advice and said everybody who purchased in the last 2
months gets a special deal, then the guy who purchased 3 months ago would be
even more pissed off.  If you extend it to 3 months, then the guy 4 months
ago is pissed off.  There is no solution.

Hey, if Ten-Tec has now sold ALL of the Orion I's they can possibly build
(due to lack of parts), then they have to make some kind of announcement
now.  They can't just keep taking orders for something they can no longer
deliver.

AGAIN, lots of criticism here but few people have attempted to describe a
better way for Ten-Tec to handle the situation.  (Bob is an exception to
that).

73
Rick


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Toby Pennington
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 4:36 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion II


All of this anxiety about the Original Orion could have been avoided if TT
had released the 2.0 upgrade with all of it's "supposed" improvements before
announcing a new Orion 2.

This is a strange strategy for a company who has not delivered on its
original promises  for Orion 1 to drop the ball and produce a replacement
before the initial product is working properly.  Advertised promises about a
" real time sweep " is one example.  TenTec could be liable for making
claims it did not or is not willing to deliver on.

My take on it is they could not get Orion 1 fixed and had to move on.  This
was a really bad executive decision to announce Orion 2 before the expected
improvments on the Original Orion were delivered.  It makes no marketing
sense at all.

It is illogical that the two Orions can track one another with the same
updates on in to the future with different processor chips and seven
different boards.  We may see some minor improvements with 2.0 but it will
stop there,  and the emphasis then will be shifted to the new version.

I feel especially sorry for the guys who bought Orion 1 during the past
couple of months and then they wake up one morning to find their "updateable
in to the future rig" has been replaced and the value of their investment
has dropped considerably.

Lets hope that TT will make some accomodations for a trade up to the new
Orion to those people who purchased in the past few months as they have been
especially hit hard.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne White" <wew2 at cox.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:49 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion II


> I thought the whole idea of the Orion was to produce a radio that would
never be obsolete, a radio that
> can always be upgraded, never growing old.  The JA gear was used as an
example of radios that were always
> being upgraded by bringing out new models.  Inference was Orion would
never be like this.  The original Orion
> still has many unresolved issues, so an owner wouldn't think he has an
obsolete radio until all the bugs are removed
> or reduced to an acceptable number.  What a shock to find out that the
Orion is being discontinued, before it's
> had a chance to be finished?  Now some argue that the JA companies bring
out newer rigs all the time.  Problem is,
> Ten Tec sold the Orion as a longer term radio that could always be
upgraded over the internet.  Guess we'll have to
> see if the new firmware works as it should, and we'll watch the value of
our Orions slip into oblivion with the likes of
> the
> 756,Pro,ProII.  Original Orion hasn't been on the market that long, when
you take into account all of the glitches and
> various
> fixes.  Good luck to all with your boatanchors...
>
> Wayne White
> WA7FKV
>
>
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