[TenTec] Final Firmware O2

[Scott Harwood]

I couldn't have said it better, Dennis.

Good job.  I hope enough "whiners" read it.

Palstar does have great stuff.  I have two tuners.  They could improve on answering emails, though.

Scott K4VWK

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dennis OConnor <ad4hk2004 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Nov 11, 2009 8:37 AM
>To: tentec at contesting.com
>Subject: [TenTec]  Final Firmware O2
>
>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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