[TenTec] Orion Repaired and Back to V1.373b5

[Ron Castro]

The K3 will no doubt be a nice radio, although at best, it will equal the 
Orions in performance.  That according to Eric Swartz, co-owner of Elecraft 
in a demo he gave at our local club last month.  He proudly listed all of 
the K3 factory-measured specs on his Power Point presentation, and almost 
every sentence ended with "...it's right up there with the Orions".   Most 
all of the critical numbers were within +- 2 dB of the Orion II, a fact that 
Swartz freely acknowledged.  Fully loaded, the price is similar.

Certainly there will be many nice added features, but there may be a few 
some folks will miss.  The K3 is a small, light radio, great for travel, but 
as many have pointed out, more challenging for "big-fingered" ops whose eye 
glasses (like mine) keep getting thicker each year!

For those who were wondering, the KPA-800 and KPA-1500 amplifiers have not 
been forgotten.  Eric says they will re-visit them when the K3 is finished 
with development.

         Ron  N6IE
      www.N6IE.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Baker" <w5iz at yahoo.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion Repaired and Back to V1.373b5


> It is sure nice to see some traffic on the reflector...I thought the K3 
> had stolen all the attention.
>
> Unfortunately, the thread about firmware has started again despite Scott's 
> earlier post that there would be no new Orion or Orion II firmware 
> forthcoming until TenTec finished, at some time in 2008, the RX4XX project 
> that had been overdue.
>
> I think many users of the Orion and Orion II have already moved to the K-3 
> since the Elecraft folks seem to be able to fix software bugs as they ramp 
> up output of K-3 production.
>
> I still have my Orion and Orion II but have K-3s on order and will 
> probably move to K-3s as primary radios. I am glad to have both while 
> awaiting K-3 delivery.  Notwithstanding the remaining bugs, the Orion and 
> Orion II do work the dx I hear. <g>
>
>
> Happy Holidays all de Al, W5IZ
>
>
> 
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