[TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 187, Issue 24

Sat Jul 28 16:33:13 EDT 2018

I agree Keith. I want an O3 but it would have to have lots of stuff like the new radios to get my interest. I found a lovely K3 with $5000 worth of goodies for a song and dance. Just got it working on FSK. 

I spent hours and built and bought interfaces and never could get my O2 to do FKS tho it does AFSK with a SignaLink USB fine except that it won’t drive my ACOM 1000 to even 500 watts for more than a few moments. Usually settles to 300 watts and that is it.

Next step is display. Love having 2 full time full power RX. O2 would not keep subRX on all the time.

Spent lots of bux trying to get O and O2 to factory specs, unsuccessfully.

Sorry Ten Tec. Love the Orions just want them to work like new.

73 jack ak7o

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: tentec-request at contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 10:00 AM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: TenTec Digest, Vol 187, Issue 24

Send TenTec mailing list submissions to
	tentec at contesting.com

To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
	http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
	tentec-request at contesting.com

You can reach the person managing the list at
	tentec-owner at contesting.com

When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of TenTec digest..."

Today's Topics:

   1. When can I buy a new transceiver? (Keith Hanson)
   2. Re: When can I buy a new transceiver? (Byron Cordes)
   3. Wanted to buy:Ten-Tec Model 254 Tuner (Bryan Lee Cornwell)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:12:09 +0000
From: Keith Hanson <ac9s at hotmail.com>
To: "tentec at contesting.com" <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] When can I buy a new transceiver?
Message-ID:
	<BN6PR2001MB10099FDEBED3CCCC909BEDB5872A0 at BN6PR2001MB1009.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

I purchased an OII at Dayton the first year they came out and couldn't have been more happy.  It was fully loaded including the remote pod and served me well for many years.  The only thing it appeared to lack was a reasonable panadapter / waterfall display which Ten Tec faithfully promised me year after year at Dayton and never delivered. I would have been happy with the equivalent of my 756Pro display, but it never appeared. However, time marches; I replaced the OII in the main position with a Flex 6700 / Maestrocombination several years ago and relegated the Orion to back-up duty.

Honestly, with the exception of AGC slope, I find the Flex to be superior in every respect.  I have done numerous A/B comparisons and I don't think there was ever a time when the Orion receiver would have delivered better than the Flex.  The Flex Panafall display, a combination panadapter / waterfall, makes pile-ups easy and is wonderful on "dead" bands.  I rarely listen to the "split" anymore in a pile-up, I can tell where DX is listening by spreading the pile-up across the entire screen and seeing calling stations.  Plus the ability to look at all the bands simultaneously during a contest changes that part of the equation.

Bottom line for me now is that although I have lobbied for on OIII for years I don't think I would buy one if it were offered - unless somehow it were to beat Flex SmartSDR at its game.  That is doubtful, but I'll keep an open mind.

Keith - AC9S

------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 08:05:58 -0500
From: Byron Cordes <byroncordes at icloud.com>
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] When can I buy a new transceiver?
Message-ID: <F8126D77-4A77-4158-9814-502275D7A35F at icloud.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Yes the Orion doesn?t have all the bells it does have the whistle! I do like the way it handles 160  . Turn down gain 1/2 or so and signals weak and strong sound great.
 Yes the Orion is showing it?s age! But it was the best radio out there for years! Maybe there are better radios now but not many and none for the price of a used Orion
  Myself I use 4 different radios each has there high and low ?s  .  I think radios are a lot like antennas , one can never have to many ! 
  What will be interesting is seeing where the radio manufacturers go from here . Icom has changed the game with the 7300 (sold thousands!) a good radio that does a lot of things good . What will Yaesu Kenwood and the others bring out? There?s a small market for $6000 radios( Flex Elecraft and the other flag ships) or will the manufacturers slowly have sales go down (because of brand loyalty ) 
 There might be fewer manufacturers in 5 years , there will thousands of used 7300 where those owner might want to up grade. There are just a few new Ham getting in to this sport and a lot of us are old. So probably less Radio sales ,less money , less manufacturers to build less radio .     Maybe I better get another Orion !
Byron AC9PA 

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 27, 2018, at 2:12 PM, Keith Hanson <ac9s at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I purchased an OII at Dayton the first year they came out and couldn't have been more happy.  It was fully loaded including the remote pod and served me well for many years.  The only thing it appeared to lack was a reasonable panadapter / waterfall display which Ten Tec faithfully promised me year after year at Dayton and never delivered. I would have been happy with the equivalent of my 756Pro display, but it never appeared. However, time marches; I replaced the OII in the main position with a Flex 6700 / Maestrocombination several years ago and relegated the Orion to back-up duty.
> 
> Honestly, with the exception of AGC slope, I find the Flex to be superior in every respect.  I have done numerous A/B comparisons and I don't think there was ever a time when the Orion receiver would have delivered better than the Flex.  The Flex Panafall display, a combination panadapter / waterfall, makes pile-ups easy and is wonderful on "dead" bands.  I rarely listen to the "split" anymore in a pile-up, I can tell where DX is listening by spreading the pile-up across the entire screen and seeing calling stations.  Plus the ability to look at all the bands simultaneously during a contest changes that part of the equation.
> 
> Bottom line for me now is that although I have lobbied for on OIII for years I don't think I would buy one if it were offered - unless somehow it were to beat Flex SmartSDR at its game.  That is doubtful, but I'll keep an open mind.
> 
> Keith - AC9S
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec

------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:45:53 -0400
From: Bryan Lee Cornwell <blcornwell at k2blc.com>
To: Ten-Tec mailing list <tentec at contesting.com>
Subject: [TenTec] Wanted to buy:Ten-Tec Model 254 Tuner
Message-ID: <4d4821e3-b1e4-b62c-386c-53cd66af7c80 at k2blc.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed

Wanted to buy:

Ten-Tec Model 254 Tuner

http://tentecwiki.eqth.net/doku.php?id=254

Please reply to :

blcornwell at k2blc.com

Thanks

Lee K2BLC

------------------------------

Subject: Digest Footer

_______________________________________________
TenTec mailing list
TenTec at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec

------------------------------

End of TenTec Digest, Vol 187, Issue 24
***************************************