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

[Martin, AA6E]

I had that "fun" too when I was tracking down an unsoldered pin on the
headphone jack.  It was high excitement -- would I be able to put this
thing back together without busting it?  This is not something your
average appliance operator wants to do.

One of the features I look for in new radios is "repairability".  Can
you unfold the radio to get access to every part or board?  Are boards
modular, allowing for upgrades or replacement on a "fine grain" basis?
 And so on.  Compare the packaging of the better PCs, like the Apple
G5.

Actually, the Orion is pretty good (with its famous empty spaces)
until you need to work on the digital front panel board.

73 Martin AA6E

On 7/23/05, Tom Azlin, N4ZPT <tom at n4zpt.org> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> About a year. Must have been an early failure since I have not heard of
> anyh other ones.  Was fun taking the front panel off and looking at the
> processor board.  I recollect that TT sent the battery free of charge.
> 
> 73, Tom
> 
> Steve Baron - KB3MM wrote:
> 
> >
> > How long did original battery last
> >
> >
> 
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