[TenTec] Orion II

[Wayne Whitman]

Hi Francisco - I have had my Orion II for about 8 months now.  I have
used it on ssb with the Ten-Tec desk microphone and gotten very good
audio reports.  Having owned many Drake and Collins rigs for comparison,
I would say the receiver is excellent.  The appearance may seem to get
better after you use it for a while - maybe you just get used to it, but
I don't find it a problem.  A good thing is that you can set the color
of the display to one you like.  I have the internal antenna tuner, but
do not use it since I have a remote tuner located at the base of my
vertical antenna for better performance.

Good luck with your choice,


On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:28:04 -0300, "Francisco E. Viegener"
<fev at ciudad.com.ar> said:
> Hi , 
> 
> I am new on the list and is my intention to buy a Orion II. 
> 
> I saw it in Dayton 2007 but I had not the chance to use or to hear it
> really.
> 
> I am in Buenos Aires , Argentina and there are not many Ten tecs
> transceiver
> on the air in this country.
> 
> I read that the receiver has good reception parameters , and I read many
> good reviews in internet .
> 
> I guess that any being in this list is someone happy with it and that can
> help me to decide why I should buy the orion instead of any other brand
> transceiver
> 
> Of similar price. 
> 
> I was very impress by the technical review ot it , maybe not so by the
> appearance what really is not important  for me. 
> 
> I also what to know how it is tranmitting in different modes, I don't
> will
> use it really to much for Cw.
> 
>  
> 
> Any comments will help to me ,.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Francisco lu3eec 
> 
>  
> 
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Wayne
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