[TenTec] Final Firmware O2

[Rick Dougherty NQ4I]

Hi All...I have to agree 100% with Dennis...I have an extensive M-M station
and after many months of studying, I came to the realization that the TT
Orion was the radio for my station....the CQWW SSB was our first major
contest with the Orion's and our score was 9 % more than the year before,
and no, I repeat NO equipment failures...The radio is tops in its
class...does not have all the menu items a K3 does, and requires a lot less
learning to master than a K3....a little less complaining from the
bleachers....I am happy TenTec user...never thought I would be saying that 5
or 10 years ago when I equipped the stationen to an all Yaesu station
then...but the Yaesu's are gone and the Orion is in the station now...de
Rick NQ4I (we had 8 Orion's in the station for CQWW)

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Dennis OConnor <ad4hk2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hmmm, some of you need to cut back on the coffee...
>
> The O2 is a fine radio, well positioned in the upper reaches of ham radio
> transceivers...
> The biggest whine I see is that they are not producing enough firmware
> changes to make you happy..
> It appears that some believe the K3 radio with its rapid parade of firmware
> revisions is somehow superior because it needs frequent revising - this does
> not bespeak superior, to me; adaptable maybe, a secondary hobby in it's own
> right, but not necessarily superior......
>
> Then I read the moaning about the O2 sweep; and they didn't do this, they
> didn't do that, etc...
> Last time I checked the ads the K3 does not have a sweep screen...  But
> somehow, not having a sweep screen makes it the superior radio, because
> Orion is not upgrading its sweep screen fast enough - the logic of that
> escapes me...
> If you want a radio with a fancy sweep screen get a Pro III...
> If you want an even fancier sweep screen get an LP PAN for your Orion /
> K3...
>
> If you want an even fancier radio get one of the $11K to $13K  models from
> the land of the rising sun - but don't expect the factory to answer the
> phone and put the technician that built and aligned your radio on the phone
> to talk you through a problem - which both Orion and Elecraft do
> routinely...
>
> I happen to have the O2... I have looked hard at the K3 with the more
> capable sub receiver - as recently as 2 weeks ago...  But, the less
> desirable ergonomics of the radio outweigh the receiver advantage and I
> opted to stay with the Orion for the third year... The O2 has the best
> combination of receiver and ergonomics I have found in 45 years of ham
> radio...
>
> Lastly, I am thrilled to have Ten Tec and Elecraft slugging it out in the
> ham radio arena... A vast improvement over the import radios that have
> dominated the ham business for some time..
> And while I am mentioning US companies, let me point out that PALSTAR
> acquired the Commander amplifiers and has put considerable time, innovation,
> and money, into improving those amps until they appear to me, to be the best
> amps in the business...  They now have a complete line of tuners, meters and
> high quality amps...  You could do a lot worse than spend your ham dollars
> with them - and drive that amp with a new O2 or K3...
>
> denny / k8do
>
>
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