[TenTec] Orion buyers guide

[Lynn Lamb]

What Bill says is VERY important relative to hardware updating.  Bill can we 
assume if anyone buys an Orion I from Ten-Tec it will be the latest 
hardware?  I would hope so, but would ask just the same.  BTW, I know of 
another Orion that had warranty work done on the display, but this one has 
not had that problem.  Don't really know what it was to cause the dark spot 
and why I didn't have the issue.

Love the rig... a keeper.

73, Lynn W4NL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 6:44 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion buyers guide


>
>
> N6RI wrote:
>
> >Is there anything special I should look for in a used orion?
>
>         You are correct about the firmware, but I would
> try to find a unit that has been factory updated
> within the past year or so.  I sent my unit in under
> warranty in June 2005 and there were a number ofhardware updates done
> in addition to the specific
> problem I had.  If you search the archives, I believe
> someone posted a list of some of them.
>
>         I would also ask the owner to verify that
> the display is not going dark in some areas.
> That was the problem in my unit which caused me
> to send it in under warranty.
>
>                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV
>
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