[TenTec] Elecraft K3 vs Orion a bit premature?

[Richard Beerman]

Ron.... from the prospective of these dinky American radio companies  
(Flex and Elecraft) , why would they lie and put out bad info? We all  
know that both these companies are credible with their products'  
claims.  I do not see them needing to do this because they went  
outside their company for firmware / software design. This is  
completely documented. Ten-Tec, on the other hand  announced today  
that all software / firmware work on Orion / Orion II / OMNI VII and  
others was all done in house. These little companies went out of  
house to have a really nice and functional product. I look forward to  
confirmation of the numbers by ARRL and others. Not buying Ten Tec  
any time soon!  From what I read, they should probably seek outside  
help for their software as well.... at least for the ORION's.  73's   
Dick   W5AK
On May 1, 2007, at 1:58 PM, Ron Castro wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 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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