I feel this sad situation. Did the complaints on this web site lead
to disillusionment by the good people at TenTec? We had an active forum
for the O2 but it was ignored perhaps because it became irrationally
critical at times. Now we seem to have an Orion II which is no longer
being developed -too bad. There is great amount that is right about the
OII but it seems to now be frozen. I now own both OII and K3 like many
other people who read this and the Elecrafter site regularly. Go to the
Elecrafter site and one finds the owners active engaged with the consumers
in an amazing way.
I still use my Orion II sometimes in preference to the K3. For one
thing the external pod of the OII is very useful in contests when one does
not have software controlling the computer. Both are very good radios but
the Orion II seems to have become a product of the past. Future
development seems unlikely though I will probably purchase an Orion III if
it ever comes out. I suppose we complained too much and we have been
dropped. Perhaps I will be eating humble pie and I would not mind doing
so. What ever happened to the new PCB to improve the Frequency display did
the threats and hostile comments of some turn the good people of the mother
ship off? I do know one thing and that is that many of the people who use
to be on this site are not on the Elecrafter site. It is exciting to own a
radio which is still being developed though not everyone feels this way.
Well, I remain an Orion II user. The radio is not for sale and I hope
to see further improvements but am not counting on it. TenTec lead the way
towards greatly improved receivers. Thank you TenTec for leading the way.
73 Doug EI2CN
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