The "display darkening" concern is much ado about nothing. I can see
what is being described on my radio, but it took someone pointing it out
to me before I noticed it. It's an "oh, huh" kind of thing, nothing
worse, that happens with heavy RTTY contesting in a warm room. If I have
my ceiling fan on, it never shows up. (My radio room is in the southwest
corner of the house here in Texas, so it gets several degrees warmer than
the rest of the house, which I keep at 79 F in the summer.) My Orion has
the fan on the final amp. Like I said, this is a barely noticeable
changing of the background on the left 1/3 of the display. Hardly worth
mentioning.
73 Duane
(Another Orion user who has had no problems other than a bandscope that
locked up once in six months of ownership. I do CW, RTTY and SSB, chase
DX and work contests. I'm sold on the Orion and am very happy I bought
it.)
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:57:58 -0700 (PDT) John Sheeley <wb4qda@yahoo.com>
writes:
> Rick
> I have a first production run Orion about 1 and 1/2
> years old I have never had the display
> darkening in any way . I added the fan kit about 6
> months ago but don't think I really need it . the
> Orion stays on about 16 ours a day .I am completely
> happy with my Orion and Ten-Tec service.I guess the
> happy Orion owners don't say much.
>
> John
> WB4QDA
>
> --- Rick Williams <rick.williams@telus.net> wrote:
>
> > James I couldn't agree more! I too don't have an
> > Orion (I came close but
> > missed a sale in Canada of a used Orion in March)
> > but I'm thinking of one.
> > Or is that dreaming.
> >
> > Sure there are still a lot of warts but not that
> > many that concern me on the
> > software side. The hardware issues, in particular,
> > the display darkening
> > due to a heat issue, still concern me. I notice,
> > however, that there has
> > not been too much on the issue recently. Does this
> > mean everyone has
> > removed the speaker(?) and put in a fan? I doubt
> > it. But I haven't seen
> > anything indicating that the factory has changed the
> > rig to provide better
> > cooling. Is it still an issue? Are all owners
> > noticing a problem? Is the
> > factory looking into it? The reflector has been
> > strangely quiet.
> >
> > >From my viewpoint the software improvements made to
> > the Orion have been
> > remarkable. And, for the most part, they've been
> > well received by users. I
> > think (again I must add that I've never used an
> > Orion and my opinion is
> > derived from discussions on this reflector) the
> > software is fast approaching
> > my operating needs. That coupled with a stronger
> > Canadian dollar suggests
> > that perhaps an Orion is getting closer to reality
> > at my QTH.
> >
> > In all my years of hamming I have NEVER owned a
> > brand new fresh from the
> > factory HF rig. If improvements to the Orion
> > continue it's quite likely
> > that the Orion will be my first. Hopefully the
> > unfortunate experience of
> > Eric (ON6CV) won't be repeated with my rig if I take
> > the plunge.
> >
> > Finally, the reflector is certainly helping me with
> > my research. Yes the
> > postings at times have been boring and the
> > flames/cult issues don't add
> > anything to the discussion. MOST of the discussion
> > has been constructive -
> > not always positive but at least constructive. It's
> > unfortunate that many
> > shoot from the lip without contributing much to the
> > database - a little more
> > thought and perhaps a little less coffee before
> > hitting the SEND key might
> > help in their case. But as others have suggested
> > there still is a DELETE key
> > on the keyboard.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Rick
> > VE7TK
> >
> > Website: http://www3.telus.net/ve7tk
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 08:43:00 -0500
> > From: "James Duffer" <dufferjames@hotmail.com>
> > Subject: RE: [TenTec] Tired of Orion
> > To: tentec@contesting.com
> >
> > What you've got from this list should be useful.
> > Think about it. I too
> > don't have an Orion. But what I have gotten from
> > this list (IMHO) has
> > caused me to not immediately go and buy an Orion.
> > Those gripes are sounds
> > from some disappointed Orion owners, that should be
> > informative to you. The
> > fact that there is quite a bit of gripeing is
> > inormative also. Now when it
> > does "lighten up" as you desire and hope for the
> > list, then that will be
> > informative also. A bunch of happy Orion owners.
> > What will it take? I
> > think you already know.
> >
> > 73
> >
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