[TenTec] TenTec OrionII vs Orion

Martin Ewing martin.s.ewing at gmail.com
Wed Jul 21 11:17:21 PDT 2010


It's interesting that these 4 high-performance radios differ mostly in their
user interface - and price, of course:

miniature (K3)
computer-only (Flex)
B&W (Orion)
Color (Orion II)

73 Martin AA6E

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:36 AM, <Rsoifer at aol.com> wrote:

> The Sherwood test data for the top receivers (K3, Flex 5000, Orion, Orion
> II) do not show what I would call major differences in performance from one
> to  another.  Given that, if value for money is used as a criterion, I
> suppose  the K3 would win, followed by a used 565 Orion.  That said, my
>  Orion II
> is not for sale.
>
> 73 Ray W2RS
>
>
> In a message dated 7/21/2010 1:17:48 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
> it5tntweb at aliceposta.it writes:
>
> Which  are the true improvements from orion to orion II?
> We omit lcd to colors or  the processore faster, we speak
> about the improvements of performances
> that can be felt from a model to the other.
> Better the receiver, better  audio in ssb? What?
> Thanks!!
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>
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Dr. Martin S. Ewing, AA6E
Member IEEE, URSI, AAS, ARRL
Branford, Connecticut


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