[TenTec] Orion 2

[leen3lpj]

Oh sorry John , Thank You for reasuring us .
                                         Lee
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From: "leen3lpj" <leen3lpj at nep.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 2


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