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

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Crocker" <w9oy at yahoo.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 06:38
Subject: [TenTec] 7/20/05: Ten-Tec announces ORION II


> I had a ton of fun with my 580 Delta 
> 
> I had a ton of fun with my Paragon
> 
> I had a ton of fun with my Pegasus
> 
> I'm having 2 tons of fun with my Orion.
> 
> I like my 4 pin mic connector just fine.  It's easy to
> solder to.  In fact I use one as a nice polarized
> power plug for a 13 amp power supply, and I can buy
> one at radio shack.  
> 
> The only thing I don't understand is why they still
> use that friggin RS232 port on the O2.

wHAT'S     wrong with RS232?
> 
> I will be interested in how the O2 actually performs
> compared to the O.  My guess is there will be trivial
> performance differences.  The only thing I REALLY
> don't understand is why they are STILL USING RS232!!! 
> YOU"D THINK THEY WOULD KNOW HOW I HATE RS@#@ errr
> RS232....WHAT MORONS>>>>  
> 
> ok ok breath in... breath out... breath in.. breath...
>  
> 
> maybe the O3 will have usb... Or maybe they will come
> out with a retrofit board with USB, but then my
> Pegasus hasn't had a firmware upgrade in 2 years, and
> the only messages I see on the Pegasus message board
> are messages about enhancing certain male attributes
> and good deals on re-financing.
> 
> I'm still having 2 tons of fun with my O.  It's all
> about the O.
> 
> 73  w9-O-y     
> 
> 
> 
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