[TenTec] Comparison of Ten Tec Orion II with Flex 500A

[Martin Ewing]

Agreed.  But I'd say the biggest difference is the user interface and
packaging.  Flex requires a computer and makes you work through the computer
screen using point & click, etc.  Some swear by that and some swear at it.
The wide-band panadapter display is something the Flex does much better than
the Orion.

The Orion (which I own) has much more the classic look and feel.  It works
very well stand-alone without computer support.

73 Martin AA6E

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:02 PM, N4PY2 <n4py2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> They are both great radios.  The biggest difference is on CW.  The Flex
> radios have no CW QSK and the internal keyer in the Flex radios has latency
> which makes using the internal keyer difficult.
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> 121 Little Bell Drive
> Hays, NC 28635
> www.n4py.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Kirschner" <kirschne at erols.com>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:50 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Comparison of Ten Tec Orion II with Flex 500A
>
>
> > All,
> >
> > I realize that the two are very different realizations of transceivers,
> > but
> > from an operating standpoint, does anyone have any experience or
> > observations?    The cost is about the same for the two (or close enough
> > that I'm considering them both).  Which "works" better?  Ability to hear
> > signals, ability to transmit a signal that will be heard?
> >
> > I've read reviews of both, but without hands-on experience, there's no
> way
> > for me to compare, and I don't want to buy both.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > 73,
> > Frank
> > KF6E
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Martin S. Ewing, AA6E
Member IEEE, URSI, AAS, ARRL
Branford, Connecticut