[TenTec] re should i buy an orion now

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

<<<I just can't see any viable reason to not try/own an Orion. Especially
any technical reasons.>>>

I'd go through the reflector archive for the past 2-3 years and look at what 
earlier purchasers went through.

If you have a lot of free time to tinker, maybe it's okay.  For example if 
you are retired and have a lot of patience maybe it's okay.

I'm pretty low on time and patience.   I want dependability.   I want to be 
able to unbox the rig, power it up, hook an antenna to it, ground, mic, key, 
cans...whatever i need, adjust collector PA current and mic gain, adjust 
AF/RF gain, tune around, hit the PTT button and start making contacts.

If it's much more involved than that, or its behavior mysteriously changes 
from one day to the next on a regular basis, then I start loosing interest.

So the likes and dislikes probably have as much to do with operator 
personality as anything else.

rob/k5uj

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