[TenTec] Orion 2 situation

[Reed Krenn]

There *is* an upside to the Orion II retirement: All those folks who have
been on the fence can now get on the waiting list for the DreamRadio 1!

Reed / WW3A


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at dj0ip.de> wrote:

> Cecil, the only reason Icom is making money is we have far too many people
> amongst us who couldn't tell a good radio from a bad radio, from a pile of
> that stuff laying on the barn floor.
>
> Unless Icom completely redesigns its radios as Yaesu and Kenwood have
> done, they are gonners on the high end.
> Different story on the low end.
> People who buy those aren't chasing performance.
>
> You think the 7600 is a good radio.
> I think it is a disgrace, compared to its real life performance vs the
> marketing hype for what it is supposed to be.
> There is enough measured data by Rob AND ARRL to back me up on this.
> But if you don't need a good performing radio, fine.
> And it you like it, then it is a good radio for you.
> This was Rob's No. 1 point and I won't argue that.  He's right.
>
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> chacuff at cableone.net
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 7:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 situation
>
> I wouldn’t count Icom out...  It’s about time to hear something from them
> on a high end box.
>
>
>
> I’m told it may be a Flex style rig with a front panel.
>
>
>
> Right now their money radio is the 7600...it’s a decent performer and with
> a nice feature set and good DSP performance.  The 7700 while nice is too
> expensive for having only one receiver but if it were any different nobody
> would buy a 7800....
>
>
>
> They still sell a lot of bottom end 718’s as well...
>
>
>
> I can’t figure out where Yaesu is going....and in another year they may
> cease to exist for all I know...
>
>
>
>
> Cecil Acuff
> Gulfport MS
> K5DL
>
>
> From: Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
> Sent: July 1, 2013 11:45 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2 situation
>
>
> Icom and Yaesu are "has beens" in the up-scale market.
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