Rob,
I went from an Omni D to a Jupiter and now the Orion. If you have operated
other Ten-Tec rigs, they are very similar since the same engineering
concepts carry forward. I just bought a 706MKIIG, my first low band
Japanese rig in 47 years. I am still trying to figure it out. The approach
is different. It is going to take some time. The same would apply if you
switch from a Yeacomwood to a Ten-Tec.
John
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From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson, K5UJ
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 6:35 PM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Cc: k5uj@hotmail.com
Subject: [TenTec] Choice of rigs for contests
You have probably hit on a reason. When I attempted to operate an Orion I
found it very difficult to figure out. Many front panel bits of information
were cryptic and unintuitive which kind of surprised me since the Omni VI is
a breeze--it practically operates itself. I can imagine that would be a
problem at first, at a multi-multi station with a lot of guest ops. If the
7800 is easy to figure out without a lot of manual study time it may wind up
in some shacks, assuming the performance is there.
Rob Atkinson
K5UJ
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