Todd, et al...
Bill, W4ZV and Sinisa says it about the best relative to the Orion as one
can. Take it to the bank from two who know what they are talking about. We
all put things differently, but cutting through the bull, these guys are the
best at putting things in perspective. They are not owned by anyone nor are
they trying to impress anyone... they simply don't have to.
The Orion is a computer radio backed by a U.S. company that knows what a
computer radio does and doesn't do. That is the reason it's a continuing
effort by not only them but reasonable input from the owners. If you know
computers are a changing world, so goes the Orion WITH already the best
receiver ever.
Make good inputs to Ten-Tec and here on the reflector as they are watching
and listening. Make good comments like the recent one by N4TD. If you
missed it, go back and take a look as it is this kind of input Ten-Tec acts
on, believe me.
lynn W4NL
----- Original Message -----
From: "John L Merrill" <jmerrill1@adelphia.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] E-Ham Bad Orion Review
> Bill Tippett wrote:
>
> > KT0DD wrote:
> > >I am also amused by the posts on here By Sinisa Hristov...
> >
> > Todd, if you ever get to the point of actually owning
> > an Orion, you will find Sinisa's article here of great help:
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/va3ttn/UsingOrionRX.pdf
> >
> > I've owned my Orion since August 21 (a full 6 months prior
> > to Sinisa's original publication of his article) and I found
> > his comments on AGC to be extremely helpful. Although I had
> > discovered most of the issues he identifies with Threshold,
> > I was unaware of the effect Decay and Hang can have when
> > copying extremely weak signals (bottom of page 4). On balance,
> > I believe Sinisa's comments have been far more helpful than
> > harmful. I sincerely appreciate them and hope he will continue
> > the contributions he has made.
> >
> > I normally wait at least one full year before purchasing
> > a new electronic product of any kind. In the case of Orion, I
> > decided that was unnecessary because of the firmware update
> > capability, and I have not been disappointed. Sure, there have
> > been many issues, some major along with many minor ones, however
> > the tradeoff of having a vastly superior front-end for
> > contesting and low-band DX-ing was worth the trade-off to me.
> >
> > Regarding eHam reviews, I pay very little attention to them
> > since they tend to be more of a beauty contest than actually
> > based on any factual measurements. If you want to read one
> > of the most insightful reviews by a guy who has been doing these
> > for years, read G3SJX's review in RSGB's June Radcom cited here
> > previously. Peter Hart has been testing radios for at least 15
> > years using a very consistent methodology. When he says what he
> > did about Orion ("truly awesome performance" in the headline),
> > I would pay a lot more attention to that, as well as measurements
> > by Sherwood Engineering, ARRL and W8JI than some random review on
> > eHam.
> >
> > 73, Bill W4ZV
> >
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> I think we get it that the radio has a great receiver, but someone ought
> to review it from an operational standpoint. There is more to a radio
> than the receiver.
>
> John N1JM
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