Hey Dave, I don't recall calling the Orion II a piece of junk. Or even
implying that.
It has been a great rig for me over the last year plus.
I was simply pointing out the difference in software updates between two
companies and relating my experience with a different brand of rig.
73,
Wayne
K4ELO
On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:53 +0000, d.e.warnick@comcast.net wrote:
>
>
> So what you're saying is that every couple of hours or days at the most,
> you get to load new software? Sounds great.
>
>
>
> Since the Orion II is such junk, make me a great offer to take it off
> your hands.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
> WA3MKB
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wayne Whitman" <wwhitman@fastmail.fm>
> To: "TenTec List" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 8:35:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [TenTec] New Firmware
>
> After reading about all of the problems, I think that I'll just sit this
> one out. I'm not a waterfall user anyway.
>
> Now I know why I bought a Flex 5000A. Bugs are fixed within hours, or a
> day or two at the most in my experience. Company president, tech
> support, and chief software developer regularly monitor and contribute
> to the reflector. I have had the Flex for 4 months and the Orion II for
> over a year. Under all circumstances I have tried, the Flex equals or
> outperforms the Orion II. It's just a lot more flexible (no pun
> intended) when it comes to operation, plus the filtering is nothing
> short of amazing, and I can get a digital program, a logging program,
> and a dx spotting program all working on CAT at once. Being able to
> accurately 'see' the pileup on dx and the stations responding on what
> frequency is amazing. Just point and click to go the last responder's
> frequency.
> There is absolutely no comparison to the Orion II display. Plus the
> majority of the code is open source so you can even pick from different
> versions, or contribute yourself, or make your own.
>
> Don't think I'm bashing TT here. I have been a loyal TT customer,
> purchasing three new transceivers in the last three years.
> I'm just a convert to what is for me a better rig with much better
> support.
>
> Orion II may just be up for sale soon. I'm thinking about it.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> K4ELO
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