[TenTec] New Firmware

[d.e.warnick at comcast.net]

So what you're saying is that every couple of hours or days at the most, you get to load new software? Sounds great. 



Since the Orion II is such junk, make me a great offer to take it off your hands. 



Dave 

WA3MKB 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Whitman" <wwhitman at fastmail.fm> 
To: "TenTec List" <tentec at contesting.com> 
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 8:35:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [TenTec] New Firmware 

After reading about all of the problems, I think that I'll just sit this 
one out.  I'm not a waterfall user anyway. 

Now I know why I bought a Flex 5000A.  Bugs are fixed within hours, or a 
day or two at the most in my experience.  Company president, tech 
support, and chief software developer regularly monitor and contribute 
to the reflector.  I have had the Flex for 4 months and the Orion II for 
over a year.  Under all circumstances I have tried, the Flex equals or 
outperforms the Orion II.  It's just a lot more flexible (no pun 
intended) when it comes to operation, plus the filtering is nothing 
short of amazing, and I can get a digital program, a logging program, 
and a dx spotting program all working on CAT at once.  Being able to 
accurately 'see' the pileup on dx and the stations responding on what 
frequency is amazing.  Just point and click to go the last responder's 
frequency. 
There is absolutely no comparison to the Orion II display.  Plus the 
majority of the code is open source so you can even pick from different 
versions, or contribute yourself, or make your own. 

Don't think I'm bashing TT here.  I have been a loyal TT customer, 
purchasing three new transceivers in the last three years. 
I'm just a convert to what is for me a better rig with much better 
support. 

Orion II may just be up for sale soon.  I'm thinking about it. 

73, 
Wayne 
K4ELO 
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