>Absolutely George... not to mention: does the Orion contain full-time
>100% dual receive? (I honestly never got past the display thing-and, not
>having the $$$ anyway-haven't pursued it.) At THOSE prices, I'd spend my
>money on the Yaesu FT-1000 which DOES. If 100% of the operation of
>modern radios REQUIRES the use of the display, ...
Uh ... and what type of display does the FT-1000 series radios use ?
I'm not sure you'd also like some of the possible performance tradeoffs
of the Yaesu ... (think "key clicks" here). Also before the Yen/$ changes,
a true FT-1000D had a similar price point as the Orion might ...
I guess these FT-1000MPs here are not "modern radios" ? :-) :-) :-)
Go look at the waveform pics on the IC756 Pro II ... sure you get a
fancy COLOR display AND that CW "less than wonderful" keyform.
Read the QST review text carefully, while thinking of performance ...
You know, I can't blame TT if they decide to pull the entire Orion project
after all this over the display ...
For months (years) the mantra on here has been "give me good solid
performance, not the bells and whistles of the rice boxes" ... now ???
Me thinks we are spinning in a circle on this ... (I think I'm seeing colors
now!)
Everyone have a FB week, regardless of what rig you are or will use ...
73 Billy AA4NU
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