[TenTec] ORION 1 vs ORION2

[Rick W]

Hi James. 

Just so there is no confusion it is Rick, NQ4I, who has the contest station not me - hi!  
 
73,
Rick
VE7TK


Website:  http://www.ve7tk.com



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> From: Richards <jruing at ameritech.net>
>To: Rick W <ve7tk at yahoo.ca>; Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com> 
>Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:11:44 AM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION 1 vs ORION2
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>OK, Rick -- you got me.
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>I guess THAT explains  your owning 10 rigs at once.   Silly me... I took your statement quite literally when you say YOU have 10 of them !    Ha !    ;-)
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>The much more modest station I play at has an Orion II,  Two Omni VIIs (one is mine!)  an Omni VI,  and a few of K3s  (some guys just don't learn...), and we have multiple TenTec Titan amps and one Centurion (mine!), and a pile of Alpha amps -- so while we are not as big as your station, we ARE fairly WELL equipped overall - for a casual bunch who like to contest, but only if we are having fun doing it (and yet we ARE the proud owners of the RECORD in the Michigan QSO party, and some other nice awards over the last few years.   I feel honored to have been asked to join them.
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>The main man, our host, has an awesome So2R setup with an Omni VII and an Orion II, a pair of Titan amps, a pair of TT tuners, and all orchestrated with StationMaster control devices - and some really good antennas -- it is an awesome sight.   It is nice of him to let me play with his toys, although I usually work my own rig on one of the slower bands... I don't have sufficient seniority...  yet.
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>It IS great fun working with really good gear.
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>On 8/9/2012 3:20 PM, Rick W wrote:
>> I'd recommend you visit:
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>>                http://www.nq4i.com/
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