What is out of date with the Pegasus? I would like to know what I am
missing.
Keith Lodahl
KB9NUM NNN0ACS NNN0GCE ONE
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Mark Erbaugh
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 10:06 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Beauty of Orion
>
>
> Mike,
>
> Yes, there are things that I would like to see added:
>
> 1) syncronous AM reception
> 2) ability to disable the AGC response during frequency scanning
> 3) sharper / narrower filters
>
> You are right, within the features that the Pegasus does have
> there are very
> few 'bugs'.
>
> I realize that TT has very little incentive to upgrade the
> firmware for the
> Pegasus. I doubt there's much they could do that would increase sales, so
> the logic is why spend much time on it. I'm not faulting them for that. I
> would like to see new features as it might save me from buying a
> new radio,
> but I still feel that I've gotten my money's worth for the what is there.
> The point I was making with the post was some of the euphoria with the new
> Orion seems to be that TT will always be making new upgrades available and
> the radio will never go 'out of date'. As we have seen with the Pegasus,
> this isn't quite true.
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael A. Newell, WB4HUC" <mnewell1@austin.rr.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 17:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Beauty of Orion
>
>
> > Mark:
> >
> > With the Pegasus being five years old, hopefully the need for
> > firmware updates to fix things has becomes less necessary.
> >
> > Are there specific things you want to see added or specific
> > problems you want them to address, or are you just making
> > a general observation about the lack of updates?
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Mike - WB4HUC
> > Austin, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Erbaugh" <mark@microenh.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 1:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Beauty of Orion
> >
> >
> > > I do have to put in a comment here. People are touting the ability of
> the
> > > firmware in the Orion to be upgraded. This is true, and is a feature
> that
> > > was first used by TT with the Pegasus. However, the upgrades are only
> > > available if TT chooses to make them available. It has been
> well over a
> > year
> > > ( 1/15/2002 ) since we have seen a firmware update for the
> Pegasus. How
> > long
> > > will it be before the Orion is relegated to the back burner
> and updates
> > stop
> > > coming?
> > >
> > > Mark
> >
> >
> > <BIG, BIG SNIP>
> >
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