[TenTec] More Orion II Pics

[Jim McDonald]

Grant,

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> I'm not at home now, so I can't elaborate as well as if I were sitting 
> in front of my Orion and my PROII (yes, I have both).  The manual for 
> the Icom is on the Icom web site, and my recollection is the QST 
> review had screen shots (in color), so you can do the research, since 
> I can't do it easily now.
>
> Does a color display improve the receiver or QSK?  No, obviously, and 
> I bought my Orion knowing what type of display it has.  But it does 
> provide useful information available at a glance, such as five (I 
> think) meters presented simultaneously along with the frequencies and 
> the other information.
>
> I never complained about the Orion screen, but I must admit that my 
> expectation for a second-generation display was something more 
> competitive, especially with the new processor.
>
> Jim N7US
> (Don't excommunicate me from the cult!)
>
>
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> Grant Youngman wrote:
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>>>>It might be more interesting if the functionality of the 
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>>>display were 
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>>>>more on a par with a PROII/III with all of the metering displayed 
>>>>simultaneously, but, then again, the metering is on the 
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>>>Orion's actual 
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>>>>meter is just basic.  
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>>I guess we're going to go through the "display" wars all over again with the
>>O-II :-(
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>>It would be interesting and educational to know just what you feel is
>>missing, and if it is is missing, how you would use it every day (the
>>operative word is "use", as opposed to "look at") to increase your operating
>>effectiveness and/or pleasure.  Don't just say that graphic S-meters would
>>be better, I'm interested in substance rather than artistry :-)
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>>Or perhaps, being mostly an old heavy iron guy,  I simply don't have an
>>appreciation for the fine points of the modern ham shack  :-)
>>
>>Grant/NQ5T
>>http://www.globeking.com
>>http://www.globeking.com/pro310
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