[TenTec] Sherwood Report

[Duane Calvin]

Many of those complaints had to do with firmware bugs and slow delivery of
promised firmware functionality.  At the latter and current FW levels it is
a very stable platform.  Mine had zero issues for the entire 10+ years I
owned it, and it sure performed well!

	73, Duane

Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
ac5aa at ac5aa.com 

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Sherwood Report

Evidently the good reports on O1 were not reaching to see all the complaints
on the Reflector in the beginning. 

Paul kw4bd


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> On Apr 28, 2016, at 8:18 AM, Barry N1EU <barry.n1eu at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Orion also tends to develop encoder connectivity issues as it ages.
> Personally, I wouldn't recommend an Orion 565 unless the new owner is 
> self-reliant for performing some maintenance.  The Orion II 566 seems 
> to age more gracefully.  These comments are solely based on personal 
> experience and a matter of my own opinion.
> 
> 73, Barry N1EU
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Mark van Wijk, PA5MW <pa5mw at home.nl>
wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, provided that:
>> 
>> - The ORION or ORION II  at least has the A9-board upgrade
>> - The memory backup battery was replaced within the last 2 yrs
>> - Owner learns to use AGC and RF gain (never set it at 100) 
>> ....perhaps some more....
>> 
>> Certainly the Wikipage is a great help.
>> 
>> 73 Mark, PA5MW
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I fully agree.
>> An O1, if clean and from a non-smoking shack, is probably the best 
>> value (bang for the buck) there ever was on the used market.
>> 
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
>> 
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