[TenTec] The ORION II sure makes me happy

[RaySoifer at cs.com]

Ron,

The O2 sure makes me happy too.  I am primarily a CW op, and note that a good 
deal of the reflector criticism of the O2 concerns audio issues that are of 
little concern to me.  That said, in my day-to-day operation I find the O2's 
receiver (with all the optional roofing filters installed) to be significantly 
better than my old FT-102 with its 250 Hz Fox-Tango roofing and second-IF 
filters.  Look up the test reports on the FT-102 and you'll see that it was about 
as good for CW as anything out there until the 565 Orion came along, and that 
was with the stock 500 Hz Yaesu filters.  I don't have a 565 to compare the O2 
against, but they're both great rigs.  In particular, I find the O2's DSP NR 
to be very helpful, especially on the low bands.

As regular readers of this reflector may recall, I had real problems with my 
first O2, which were only solved by TT's sending me a replacement.  Throughout 
this process, Paul and his staff in the Service Dept. were as helpful as 
could be.  I decided on the O2 after about a year's experience with my Argo V, and 
I'm now the happy owner of both.  No, it's not perfect, and I'll keep 
installing upgrades as they are released, but thank you TT for an excellent product.

73,

Ray W2RS