[TenTec] Lightning Strike Results...

[Randy Hargenrader]

Sorry for your loss!   In my line of business, we have found that 
lightning strikes/surges generally produce a  long list of  "latent 
failures" and you would be forever repairing your radio.  A latent 
failure is a problem waiting to happen inside all manner of integrated 
circuits where the minute traces in the IC are stressed by the surges 
but not yet fused (opened) apart.  Eventually normal operation will 
consume them one by one until you have replaced all the IC's that have 
been stressed...  not fun in my book!  As soon as I saw one IC with the 
top blown off, it would have been a scrapper.

Re: Autotuner.  I have both the LDG and the TenTec models and like the 
TT one the best.  The memories in the LDG seemed to get in the way and 
weren't really all that useful to me.  BTW, the TT tuner looks like it 
has the capability being interfaced better to the Orion and provide 
memories and remember band settings, etc... if the gang at TT felt like 
doing that bit of programming.  I won't be holding my breath for that - 
just an observation.

73,
Randy
K4QO