[WriteLog] Writelog and Orion

[kr6e]

Having used an Orion here for a little over a month I must say that it has a superb receiver with exception adjacent channel performance.  However, my Orion was returned to the factory because I felt it was a incomplete project.   At my prompting, Ten Tec implemented rtty capability at a very late date.  However, I feel it was poorly planned (level requirements) and poorly documented (the manual could have been written by a 13 year old).  The unit I had also had problems with system initialization.... failing to turn on each time power was applied.   I did not want to participate in a "work in progress" radio so I sent it back and my money was refunded without any difficulty.   If you enjoy cw get the Orion.... you probably can't do better for the money but if you are a serious rtty man go for the new Icom 7800.

Ben, KR6E
kr6e at sbcglobal.net