[TenTec] Orion Ergonomics, Key Clicks, etc.

[Bill Tippett]

N0XB:
 >Patience, fellas, patience.

 >I know, we've been waiting quite a while, and I disagree, I think Scott
et.al., at TT are aware of these things, and will at some point address them
as best they can.

         I disagree Larry.  4 years is far too long to
change Orion's default CW Rise/Fall setting from 5 ms
(which absolutely guarantees nasty key clicks) to
8 ms which produces one of, if not *THE* cleanest, CW
signals to be found on the air.

         THIS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.  How much re-programming
does it take to change one default value anyway?  Even
I should be able to change one value from 5 to 8 instantly,
yet here we are at 4 years and counting.  This is not
about our impatience but Ten-Tec's apparent indifference
to shipping a rig from the factory that is guaranteed to
pollute our bands with clicks until the user changes the
factory default.  How much longer will we have to wait?
Hopefully not another 11 years (i.e Yaesu).

                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV