Hmmmm....this is a strange sounding post to the reflector....just
seems to me like I've heard this very same thread back in the spring
or maybe even before that.
Eric, you are correct, unfortunately. As previously noted by some
'do gooder', I have been often chastised by the Ten Tec loyalist for
having the audacity to complain about the Orion in the same manner
that you are now doing. But I hope you don't let the 'do gooder's'
bother you. What you are saying and observing with your Orion is the
absolute truth.
With the Orion, you have one of the best hardware designs available
to us hams, but you also have the absolute worst firmware support
possible. There is no excuse for having to wait two or three or four
months for a firmware update which contains even more bugs. But you
got it!
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric SENSI" <eric.sensi@skynet.be>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 4:38 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion
Each and everyday, I'm still wondering why I bought this
transceiver. :-)
"Keep up the pressure man, one day (?) It'll be okay ! :-)"
I've read all the "minor" bugs reported by everyone for months and
months...
All the minor glitches put together makes a really unstable radio
for all of
us ! There is not one single day without a thing appears with that
transceiver, it is always a challenge for me to use the radio for
hours
without anything strange happening.
For that price tag, I confirmed that I was thinking of a rock
solid
transceiver, no way. Now I have to face a little problem, the
Orion is so
bad facing a very small amount of RF feedback coming from the coax
or a
ground loop. Everything was right here in the shack during 7 years
(I owned
a bunch of radios to from the TS-50, IC-706 to the FT-1000MP),
everything is
nearly new here, from antennas to coax cables, devices, tuner,
power supply,
microphone, the Orion of course... and it seems impossible for me
to work on
the air because of that microphone that put the Orion into
transmit mode
with a huge buzz !
I wonder what it will be the day I'll put an (propagation
enhancer - HI)
amplifier here... I can't imagine the fun it will be ! ;-) But
some said
that it's part of the hobby, I agree, but sometimes, it's good to
talk to
someone on the air too and then forget about the radio you're
using... maybe
I'm a dreamer.
No one can put this thing out of my mind : Is the Orion worth so
much
efforts each and every day ?
Even today I was talking with an OM with it's TS-440S and his 120
ft
longwire in the garden, he was 59+ with excellent audio... do you
think this
guy is frustrated with it's small pistol station ! Not at all, I
said :
don't touch anything man, you're doing the job with your 440 and
wire ! ;-)
Then my Orion said : DSP BG Fail 0
DSP BG Fail 1
DSP T/O
Just in the middle of the screen ! :-)
Anyway, I accept the Orion as is ! As it's my choice but it is not
so easy
to live with that in mind.
My $0.02
Eric.
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