[TenTec] FW: [orion565] Digest Number 853

[Reg Unsworth]

You miss the point.  I could have paid a lot less ofr stuff to break (or not 
in the case of 2 of my rigs).  Seems to me you're suggesting I shouldn't 
feel too bad at being shot when I could have been hanged ....

Methinks your glass is half full Grant whereas mine is maybe half empty ;>)

73

Reg


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] FW: [orion565] Digest Number 853


>
>> If a potential purchaser asked me for my opinion I think I
>> would have to say
>> honestly that in my experience, it's performance (especially
>> receive) is
>> great  but let down by its reliability
>
> I guess you would have to consider yourself lucky that you didn't have one
> of the $12000 radios that had a bad patch of blowing finals, or one of the
> prvious generation of $5000 radios that burned up power supplies
> periodically and on which (power supply compartment) one could poach an 
> egg
> :-)
>
> Stuff breaks.  We need to get over it.
>
> Grant/NQ5T
>
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