With all due respect to the Tennessee folk...
If the manual is so poor, why doesn't someone here on the list who is more
familiar with the rig & features come out with their own? "Orion for
Dummies" has a nice ring to it, but somehow I think that title might put
some people off a touch... <g>
Seriously though, surely SOMEONE has the technical background to write a
better manual. And if you wanted some compensation for your time, make it a
PDF, charge a nominal fee (like $10 or so via PayPal or equivalent) for the
download, and you should be able to make your time value back in, er, no
time...
73
----- Original Message -----
From: "RM" <royalct@inr.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:28 PM
Subject: RE: [TenTec] new owner Orion
> Come On Skip,
>
> My Icom 765 didn't come with a Mike; my Icom 775DSP didn't come with a
mike
> and that radio without the filters cost more that the Orion with all of
the
> optional filters and antenna tuner............
>
> "This is piss poor American quality control." You are or were an American
> worker, right?
>
> I agree that the manual needs more work for the average ham. The few rare
> occasions that I go to the manual, I do have a time finding specific
> functions.
>
> Quality, I could tell you how quality was taken out of the two Icoms I
have
> here....cheap paper capacitors, tuning encoders that freeze up, dual
> recievers that fed back on the DX CW receive frequency........ Didn't have
a
> 30 day return policy or free changes on defective designs.......
>
> As far as the 'cheap' display..... I'll say thanks for providing a lower
> cost alternative for a digital display. TenTec did send out a
questionnaire
> several months ago in which part of it addressed color displays for the
> Orion........ My response was that the B/W display is adequate, and that
> color would be a 'nice' feature but not at raising the cost of the
> radio...... We all have trade offs.....
>
> I've done an a/b comparision with the Orion/Icom 775. In tough DX/Contest
> conditions the Orion blows away the the Icom 775DSP..... But I spent a
lot
> of time of learning to manipulate the AGC system on this rig.......
>
> Ron .... NU1U
> As you probably noticed by my number of posts this evening, I'M
Bored....The
> bands aren't too lively tonight.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of skip
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 17:14
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] new owner Orion
>
> When I unpacked my Orion the Main tuning knobs fell off. I guess that's
why
> they give you the hex keys.
>
> The main display was unreadable, a bright almost white light. It took
some
> reading of a very poor manual to figure out how to correct the problem
with
> the cheap LCD screen.
>
> This is piss poor American quality control.
>
> The manual is a joke. It looks like something a kid would do in his
> basement. Again poor proof reading, and very little info for a novice
user.
>
> These are statements of facts people.
>
> As for the performance of the radio I can not comment as yet.
>
> I will use my Yaesu Ft 1000 MP/MkV and a Icom 756 ProII to do an A, B and
C
> comparison.
>
> My thoughts about the radio are, without Carl's N4YP software I would send
> it back, the display is real cheap for the touted radio quality. I don't
> like a multi function control which does everything from a menu. I do
admit
> the box looks better in person than in the pictures. And what's with an
ALC
> light ????? Why did Ten Tec use a mini stereo phone plug for the paddle
> input ???? Everyone else uses a standard 1/4" plug.
> Hey, a $3,500 radio and NO mic ??????
>
> I have had my Orion for about 2 weeks and it works OK accept for the sweep
> display issues and unstable display.
>
> These are my first impressions, lets hope the radio performance can redeem
> itself.
>
> de Skip K3CC
>
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