[TenTec] USER INTERFACE: Wish List for ORION-III

[george fritkin]

Today Ten-Tec has lost its edge.  The ORION ll was ahead of its time and now other manufactures have caught.  The latest so called mid range products from YAESU and Kenwood (I have them) have caught up in a dramatic way.  
 
It is as much the marketing as anything.  Just look at Elecraft.  I have their products too. Elecraft buyers are "razors".  Look at their reflectors.  I have the new Argo and the KX3.  I like the Argo better.  It is so much easier to use.  Sure it lacks some features (last month I had my first QSO on 12 meters since the band was opened) most of which you do not need.  And I consistently get better audio reports with the Argo.
 
What I am saying it is not only  the product but also how it is promoted.  Wayne and Eric are high profile guys.  You get the feeling the company is one big happy family.  If you write anything negative about consistently late over promised delivery dates you get "shouted down"
 
 Ten-Tec customers are loyal, but not like that.  The demise of the Oll is understandable but sad.  The Oll is a benchmark radio.  It is  still a top performing radio after all these years.  But sadly it just disappeared with nothing on the horizon(?).
 
If Ten-Tec were my company, I would concentrate on  mid range products and newer hams that are more computer oriented .   Instead of the computer being an extension of the radio, make the radio an extension of the computer
 
You may know that Boeing still uses a wheel for aircraft control, but Airbus uses a joy stick.  For such a complex machine as an airplane what a simple but unique product differentiator 
 
Anyway just random thoughts
 
George, W6GF
 
Owner of following      ORION ll, OMNI Vll, Eagle, ArgoVl, K3,KX3,TS590,FTDX3000,FTDX5000................. ETC ETC...............not bragging just saying
 
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On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 11:12 PM, Cecil <chacuff at cableone.net> wrote:
  
I guess I would have to see what possibilities it would offer.  My limit of computer control has been through my logging program...DXLab.  I'm not much on computer controlled radio. I'm a hands on op.

Cecil
K5DL

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> On Apr 8, 2014, at 8:23 PM, K8JHR <jrichards at k8jhr.com> wrote:
> 
> OK by me.
> 
> But ... if it is connected to the computer, you could easily write software to allow you to interactively tune the rig with a mouse or keyboard action, and I suspect it would be more difficult to do that with a rig-monitor-only solution.
> 
> I would kidnap N4PY and coerce him into writing a neato interactive control application for it.  Like in his existing program.  You click on a signal peak on the graphic screen, and, VOILA, the radio tunes to that frequency /signal... and,... optimally, tunes and makes the call using a bank of recorded contact voice keyer sound files, and then logs the contact in your favorite log book, and emits a sound cue indicating it is ready to make another contact.   (OK... perhaps I have gone too far in my imagination...)   ;-)      ;-)
> 
> So... would your solution be interactive... or do we not need that?
> Interesting stuff.
> 
> ----------------- JHR -----------------
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>> On 4/8/2014 7:48 PM, Cecil wrote:
>> ...would rather have a VGA port on the radio to connect
> a standard off the shelf computer monitor to...that
> way I could also determine the size of the display.
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