[TenTec] Happy Orion owners (was question about updates)

[George Bennett]

I've been a ham for a very short period, but have already discovered that 
the participants in this activity are very similar to photography 
enthusiasts and probably most other hobbyists.

In photography there are photographers who are active in taking photos, 
developing, printing, and mounting them and who are studying and striving to 
learn more about their craft.  Then there are equipment enthusiasts who must 
always have the latest equipment, have become proficient in testing 
procedures and in comparing cameras, printers, computers, etc.  They rarely 
photograph anything other than test cards and never take a good photograph. 
Their forte is in finding fault with equipment.

I suspect that the best ham operators (whatever that means and however you 
measure such a concept) don't spend much time in hand wringing, breast 
beating, finger pointing, tongue clucking and ear bending about the merits 
of their equipment.  I'll bet they "get on with it" and spend their time 
learning to operate their equipment better and to becoming better overall 
operators.

These are the guys we don't hear usually from on this list in the 
discussions concerning the faults of Ten Tec, the equipment, the employees, 
blah blah .  I'll get back under my rock now.

George Bennett