Reading this reflector, those are the questions that comes to my mind. I am studying to become a ham, working with a friend of mine who is a Ham, which has an Orion and an Orion 2, and it seems that
This has been a very informative day. Since I posted this, I have, of course, received the posted replies to the board. I have also received 148 different emails directly to my email address. Respons
One last comment. One of the main reasons for becoming a Ham was to promote the art. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. 73 Wil -- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phon
This was another issue that we can't find in my friends shack This is one of several issues that several people had really complained hard to TenTec about, and it turned out to be their own shack set
This was a classic example of them changing something that everyone complained about, and in doing so, generated a new side effect, a problem of lesser degree of seriousness. . So they are darned if
Either way, the reports did state what my friend had always said. Orion and Orion II are the best there is, bar none. Just compare the data with any other transceiver out there. And when you look at
I'm sorry, but you are wrong. The DSP code was written by Doug Smith. It was not purchased. It was written by Doug Smith with much consultation with Lee Jones, who is their Chief Technical Officer. A
How soon everyone forgets all of the lockups that occurred and were the bane of TT's classic Orion for so long. Now, the lock ups are gone from the Orion, thanks to the rewrite, due to the horsepower
I just wish the review had more technical detail and guts in it. Too much "refer to the reflectors" mentioned. Rather than doing a real detailed analysis. It is funny though, through all of the not s
Urban myths. Facts are: Doug Smith and Gary Barbour wrote the classic Orion. Doug Smith left TenTec under non-amicable terms. The Classic Orion had lots of lock up issues, a lot due to the DSP code c
Bob, You may not have seen it, but I'm not a ham yet, so I don't have a call sign. I wanted to be a ham to "reach out" and meet new people. But if this reflector is an indicator of what I will reach