[TenTec] Used Orion or new Orion II?

[Scott Harwood]

I had an Orion I and traded for an Orion II mainly for differences in the roofing filters setup, firmware differences (at that time) and future support potential.  Arguably, these may or may not be sufficient reasons to trade up.  Both are great rigs.  I suggest you get the Orion I and then decide yourself if the trade up is worth it.  

In either case, as someone suggested on an earlier post, read the manual several times and play with the rig a lot (especially the TX audio and AGC settings), and customize it for your needs.  You won't be disappointed with either one.
73
Scott K4VWK
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Tod Glenn <n7jqw at cordite.com>
Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Date:  Tue, 9 May 2006 19:38:41 -0600

>
>On May 9, 2006, at 3:05 PM, kq6xy wrote:
>
>> Since I have no empirical experience with either, and I am not  
>> enamored with a clolor display, can someone share his or her  
>> experience with bot rigs before I buy a new Orinon II?
>>
>> You can do if off or on list.
>
>
>I just picked up and Orion I from TenTec today.  I can't imagine the  
>II does much more to justify the cost difference.  I paid $2900 with  
>the internal tuner, with the base price for the OII being something  
>like $3995.
>
>All I can say is it's the best radio I've ever owned, and i've had  
>quite a few.  More features than I can use right now, but that may  
>change.
>
>Take a look at Sherwood Engineerings evaluation of various  
>receivers.  The difference between the Orion I and II is small, and  
>those two are numbers 1 and 2 in the list.  The $15,000 Icom IC-7800  
>comes in at # 10.
>----
>Tod Glenn
>N7JQW
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