[TenTec] Orion 2

[leen3lpj]

As I said before , I'll be running Ten Tec for a long time .
                               73   Lee N3LPJ




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Henry" <jhenry at tentec.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion 2


> Regarding obsolete parts, as Jim/Stan drafted in the announcement letter,
> the Orion 2 has components that are obsolete which we can no longer get in
> production qtys. We have sufficient quantity in house to handle repairs 
> for
> failures related to these components for at least 8 to 10 years. The 
> number
> we have in house and the number of years we think that they will cover is
> based on the current failure rate of similar parts in the Orion. So we
> should be covered for Orion 2 repairs for quite some time.
>
> Regarding firmware updates, well, discontinuing firmware updates for the
> Orion 2 is not in the plan. In fact, unlike our competitors, discontinuing
> firmware updates for it's predecessor, the Orion 565 is also not in the
> plan. As you will see soon, we have an update in the pipeline for the
> original Orion 565 firmware. We will soon release it to the  beta testers,
> and as soon as they thrash it completely, and we have ironed out any
> issues, we will then release it to the public. Once we are through with
> that release, we will assess the requests for all of the other rigs,
> including the Orion 2. Schedule the software changes to work on next, and
> follow a similar release path. Let the beta testers thrash it, then again
> assess the next rig to work on. Including the Orion 2. I still want to
> address specifically the "Smeter affected by AGC or not" issue, and also
> work with experts on the ability of extremely fast impulse noise spikes
> loading up the AGC attack. Addressing Rob's concerns on the Orion 2 and 
> our
> other rigs regarding this same issue.
>
> There is no exact specific plan yet for a real high end Orion 3 type of a
> rig, but there is always "something" in the works for new rigs, and 
> various
> other products. I cannot divulge yet what these are, but as I have always
> tried to tell this and other TEN-TEC reflectors/yahoogroups/etc.... 
> TEN-TEC
> is working on new products, TEN-TEC is not sleeping. We are going to
> continue to address traditional user interface type rigs, and also going
> into open source where we can to let the rigs themselves take a life of
> their own, etc. We aren't sleeping, and yes, MANY in TEN-TEC read this
> reflector, and others.
>
> Thanks, and 73,
> John Henry, KI4JPL
> TEN-TEC Engineering
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