[TenTec] Orion Musings (Was something about killing sales)

[Don and Diana Cunningham]

Tom,
Good email, but you left out ONE thing.  The absolute joy of setting BW at 
250 or so, under a 300 cycle roofing filter, and having a nice RTTY chat 
with a very weak signal, even if others close by don't hear him, and take 
VERY few hits in the copy!  That's in addition to the unsolicited good audio 
reports I get on SSB, and, you are right, it's downright handsome!!  My 
Orion is the II, and the only regret I have is not keeping the Orion also, 
hi hi.
73,
Don, WB5HAK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <CATFISHTWO at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Reflector is getting effective at killing sales


>
> In a message dated 4/17/2006 6:31:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> retire at means.net writes:
>
> Re:  [TenTec] Reflector is getting effective at killing sales
>
>
>> On  4/17/06, John Nason / NA9U <na9u at arrl.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> However there is a difference between  discussing the
>>> radios operations and leaving the non-Orion owners  the
>>> impression the radio is flawed and not ready for  prime
>>> time.
>
>
>
> ================================
>
> Like I said before, lets make Sunday's  a "what I like best about my 
> Orion"
> day, just good stuff, no complaints.  perhaps that will give folks 
> perusing
> the reflector at least a chance to see all the good points about the 
> Orion.
>
> what do I like, hmmm  it has big knobs for my big hands, the menu's  make
> sense to me, I like the ability to set it where ever I need to so I  can 
> hear a
> signal, like in a contest I find my rf gain at 65 and my volume  up a bit 
> and
> the BW at 2200 and the pbt at -40 and this makes the folks sound  like 
> they are
> all 5 kc's apart and just waiting for me to work my way up the  band to 
> work
> them on S&P on ssb.
>
> I also like the ease of working split. I like the fact there is no 
> kerchunk
> of relays on VOX so with the orion and the alpha 87a together you just 
> talk,
> no  klunks from either, just talk like they are in your living room.  no 
> more
> uhhh ahhh  to hold the relay up.
>
> I like the sensitivity of the receiver and the ability to tailor my 
> transmit
> audio. I like the 3 memories on voice and 3 memories on cw that I can
> record,  so I push the button and have it send my CQ's for me. easier to 
> set than
> the voice keyer I have.
>
> it is also a good looking radio.
>
> so there is my Sunday list, even if it is monday.. HI hi.
>
> if you are thinking about an Orion, buy it, you will like it.  I am 
> running
> a original Orion and software ver 1.732, because I like the way it 
> works..
>
> tom N6AJR
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