[TenTec] "Being a Contrarian . . ."

[Duane Calvin]

Toby wrote: 

>I agree with the reviewer that the sweep is next to useless.  Compared to
>the competition it is very rudimentary and ineffective.  The reviewer is
>accurate in stating the advertising by Ten Tec from way back says there is
>a
>real time scope in the Orion.  This real time functionality has never been
>fully realized,  especially when comparing the Orion scope to the
>competition.

I'm not sure what your comparison point is, but I was looking at a friend's
ProIII last weekend, and a scope that sweeps twice a second is far less
"real time" than what my slow "original" Orion's scope shows.  And the Orion
II is faster than mine is.

	73,  Duane

Duane Calvin, AC5AA