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

[Lin Davis]

Is there not room here for all of us?

Lin
WB1AIW

George Bennett wrote:

> 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 
> 
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