[TenTec] Is it time to talk Orion firmware AGAIN????

[Rick W]

Well it has been almost 4 months (May 2009) since the release of, what some cynically refer to as, the Dayton 2009 Hamfest "Beta" firmware for the Orion.  I, like many more, dutifully sent in a bug report to DitsnBits.  (I even received an automated reply.)

There have been some major changes at the mother ship since May with a new VP (Jim Wharton - NO4A) and the former VP/Engineering-Software/Hardware (Gary Bardour - AC4DL) relocating to Florida where he's "writing control software and doing design work for the company’s Amateur and commercial /military radio lines."

So now the annual Ten-Tec Hamfest is scheduled for September 25/26.  It begs a couple of questions:

   1) Will we see a Ten-Tec Hamfest "Beta", alpha or final release of the firmware?

   2) Will we get an authoritative report on the Orion firmware's status from Ten-Tec officials? (The Product Status page is extremely stale..)

If answers to these questions aren't forthcoming will the visitors to the Hamfest PLEASE hold Ten-Tec's feet to the fire and find out what is happening to the Orion firmware.  

Thanks - wish I could be there!

73,

Rick

VE7TK



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