[TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion a bit premature?

[Ron Castro]

Isn't it a bit premature to be making comparisons with radios that aren't 
even for sale yet?  The K3, the Bretlinger (that got a fold-out ad in QST, 
despite it doesn't have FCC approval yet), the SDR 5000 (still doesn't have 
a price or even a picture), the 'maybe' Pro IV or 7800 MkIIGXLi or whatever 
they'll call it, haven't been put in the hands of objective users and tested 
in contests, DX pile-ups, in labs like Sherwood's or ARRL's, or in 
day-to-day rag-chews.  Every one of these rigs will be good at what they do, 
but we don't know about the 'warts' yet!  How many will have to be sent back 
to the factory within a month or less after delivery?  How much of the specs 
in the brochures will turn out to be 'vaporware', advertising hype or just 
plain hogwash?

Right now, I'd keep my money in my pocket and wait for some other pioneers 
to catch the arrows!

                     Ron Castro
           Chief Technical Officer
              Results Radio, LLC
                         N6IE
                www.N6IE.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ten-Tec Inc. Amateur Radio Sales" <sales at tentec.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion?


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>> As you may recall a
>> significant part of the original Orion's design work was more
>> or less outsourced as well.
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> Hello --
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> The above is not correct.
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> All of the Orion and Orion II design was done entirely by Ten-Tec
> employees.  No outside contractors for either hardware or firmware were
> used.
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> 73
> Scott Robbins
> W4PA
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