[TenTec] Orion 2

[Robert Mcgraw]

Ford does it every year.
Chevrolet does it every year.
Dodge does it every year.
Honda does it every year.
Toyota does it every year.
Harley Davidson does it every year.
Yamaha does it every year.
Sony does it every year.
LG does it every year.
Samsung does it every year.
Cessna does it every year.
Piper does it every year.

Get the point? So what's the big deal?........there is none.  We can
still buy them used and we can still get any and all of them repaired. 
This is exactly the same as the Tentec Orion II.   They just haven't
announced a new model.........yet.


73
Bob, K4TAX






> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Bruce McLaughlin <bmclaugh at bex.net>
> wrote:
>
>> What does upset me is that some companies appear to obsolete equipment
>> for
>> primarily marketing purposes.
>
>
> But isn't a manufacturer free to start/end manufacturing of a product
> whenever they want, for whatever reason they want?  Isn't that the "free"
> in "free enterprise"?
>
>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:24 AM, <georgefritkin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The demise of the ORION 2 is the classic case of shooting oneself in
>> the
>> foot.  After being on the market for many years, the O2 performance is
>> still top of the heap.  With refreshing and ergonomic changes many more
>> years could be had.  Yes, parts could be an issue, but even that can be
>> overcome.  Does the ham market use another 5/6K radio? I would argue
>> yes.
>
>
> Doesn't Ten-Tec know THEIR business better than we can guess their
> business?  Perhaps the market could use another 5/6K radio, as long as it
> had a significant advantage over the K3.  But, to throw out just one idea
> (and I have no idea what Ten-Tec is planning - I'm sure they're planning
> something), perhaps the market would be much better served by a newly
> spec'd radio with a lower initial entry price (and a few hot new
> features),
> to reach many more hams, yet still expandable to that high end 5/6K
> radio?
>
> 73, Barry N1EU
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