[TenTec] Final Firmware O2

Wed Nov 11 10:10:27 PST 2009

Douglas,

What is your source of information for your following statement?

"If it was such a great and finished product then why did most if not all of
the Ham Radio's Top contest-DX operators bail on TenTec?"

What did they bail to?

The National Contest Journal July/August 2009 Volume 37 Number 4 contains an
extensive article on "Choosing an HF Radio for Serious Contesting and
DXing".  Of the four (4) transceivers the author picks, the Ten-Tec ORION II
is one of them.

I'm not convinced that I've ever missed a DX or contest QSO that I could
have worked if I had been using something better than my ORION II.

73,
Marsh, KA5M

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Douglas Shock
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:02 AM
To: Scott Harwood; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Final Firmware O2

Whiners? Do you really feel that was required Scott? So your level of
expectation on a delivered product is different than others. I personally
find no fault in OI-OII  owners holding TenTec's feet to the fire on the
marketing campaign they used for both radios. that hardly makes me a whiner.
If it was such a great and finished product then why did most if not all of
the Ham Radio's Top contest-DX operators bail on TenTec? Maybe they knew
something you don't?

Sure, in its base form it is a fair radio. But face the facts man...you
really believe they got the firmware right? And to release a beta with
enhancements that in themselves are broke but no fixes and then are never
heard from again? Sounds like the joke is on the operator if you support
this business practice.

So drive on if you still drink the TenTec coolaid or just find it necessary
to defend your spent monies. But respect the rights of others homie...

Hiding behind your keyboard with big mouth and no accountability is not a
good thing.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Scott Harwood
<scotthsr at earthlink.net>wrote:

> 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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