My Orion II has been working flawlessly for me. The sweep is excellent and
much faster than my 756pro.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Hammond" <dhhdeh@concentric.net>
To: "Ten Tec Reflector" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:15 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Orion II Reviews?
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Well, I sit here contemplating the purchase of a
> new radio this Spring and have narrowed my choices
> down to the Pro III (anticipating no new
> replacement from ICOM for it) or possibly the
> Orion II.
>
> What I find curious is that there continues to be
> PLENTY of user feedback and commentary on the Pro
> III on all the standard ham web sites of late even
> 2 years after its re-incarnation, while the Orion
> II has had little if any comment of late from
> users on Eham, Yahoo-Orion and this reflector.
>
> What gives? Three reviews total on E-ham and none
> since late December? Everyone can't possibly be
> too busy using it all the time to write some
> comment ;-)
>
> To those of you using the Orion II, how about
> some more comment on your impressions of how it
> plays, if the software bugs of the original seem
> under control on the II and the
> versatility/appearance of the color display or
> anything else about which you'd like to comment.
>
> Also curious to me is the lack of updating of the
> Orion II web page on the TT site to include more
> detail on screen versions and more photos of the
> new radio inside and out. References to updates
> appearing at some point in the future are getting
> stale. IMO TT needs to pay a bit more attention to
> presenting its flagship transceiver.
>
> Feeling better already....
>
> Best 73 de N1LQ-Dave
>
> Still using my Omni V.9 after all these years.
>
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