I''m surprised they're not changing the model# also. Although the majority of
the changes are cosmetic, the morse reader is kind of a blockbuster that is
sure to attract a whole new market. The first question a potential buyer of a
used Jupiter is going to be "Does it have the code reader in it?".
It will probably drop the price of the older used ones also. Is there a chance
the older ones could be retro-fitted with the reader?
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
> Of course, if you happen to look at the Transceivers page,
> http://radio.tentec.com/amateur/transceivers , what's the first radio shown?
> The Orion! And it even has a page all it's own --
> http://radio.tentec.com/amateur/transceivers/566 , with further links to
> reviews, the brochures, and the firmware update page.
>
> Certainly the sign of 2nd or 3rd class treatment, to be featured as the
> first transceiver. Yup, Bob is absolutively posilutely right, how dare
> Ten-Tec even consider mentioning something else besides the Orion.
>
> Now, setting the sarcasm aside for a moment, what I think is sneaky is that
> Ten-Tec hasn't updated the model number of the Jupiter to differentiate
> between the original and the new... ok, sure, it's only a cosmetic
> difference, but one has to wonder if someone decided that rebranding the new
> rig as the "2" model would start up all the "Lost in Space" wisecracks
> again.
>
> 73
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of BobK8IA@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:57 AM
> To: alan.n5na@gmail.com; tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Ten-Tec Website & Jupiter News!
>
>
>
> In a message dated 5/16/2008 6:32:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> alan.n5na@gmail.com writes:
>
> Hey Gang, check out the new Ten-Tec website and the news on the Jupiter!
>
> http://tentec.com/
>
> 73,
>
> Alan N5NA
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yep, looks like us Orion and Orion II owners arent even second class
> citizens now. The Omni VII gets this gigantic photo on the first of the
> "Radio"
> wesbsite page and the Orion II gets this miniscule little photo cut.
>
> Very unsettling to see the TT emphasis on the lesser radios and the Orion
> line not even shown in the "40 Years of Ten Tec" ad. The handwriting is on
> the
> wall folks.
>
> Also, note how sneaky they are now in not even showing the revision dates
> for the firmware upgrades. Probably because its been exactly one year today
> (5/16/2007) when the last Orion II update was issued. Not real comforting.
>
> Orion III?
>
>
> 73, Bob K8IA
> Arizona USA
> www.k8ia.com
>
>
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