[TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion a bit premature?

[Scott Harwood]

Good comment.  Also, if you check the price of the K3 "optional" stuff and compare to what comes with the OII, it isn't half the price of the OII.  I compared to what I have in my OII and the K3 came in around $3,800.

Scott K4VWK

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ron Castro <ronc at sonic.net>
>Sent: May 1, 2007 2:58 PM
>To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion a bit premature?
>
>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>
>To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 11:34 AM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion?
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>> As you may recall a
>>> significant part of the original Orion's design work was more
>>> or less outsourced as well.
>>
>> Hello --
>>
>> The above is not correct.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 73
>> Scott Robbins
>> W4PA
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