Duane it seems like everyone wants to be enjoying the new and exciting trends.
Ten Tec was at the forefront of broadband PA in solid state analog amateur
radio design when it was mostly unheard of and stayed at the forefront for so
many years.
After Orion I would envision an offering from Ten Tec similar to the new Flex
Signature Series. But with classic TT QSK and better gain distribution as
always. Signature has more in the transceiver box and less in the PC so the
latency, CPU taxing, and excessive hardware/software tweaking are greatly
reduced.
In the tradition the Ten Tec would also cost more - hi. But hams on the list
and elsewhere would help to design it.
Speaking of trends, one exciting thing we are testing on the Softrock SDR group
is the ability for an SDR radio at one location to live stream the segment of
the band it is looking at to the internet.
Not streaming 3 Khz of audio, but streaming a whole band segment out in real
time. One of these is up and running from Singapore right now and I am enjoying
operating my SDR here as if I am there myself. I am listening to 40m night time
CW during the day in SoCal, At first it seems weird but is really fun.
Anyway, when participation ramps up and everyone sets their data stream to
active when they sleep or leave the station, many hams will be less dependent
on their local propagation.
That and other stuff on the horizon - would like to see that TT is still
pushing the envelope...
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Well, let me clarify a couple of points - I loved my Orion. It still worked
perfectly the day I sold it, a few months ago. I didn't sell it because I
thought it was no longer useful or a terrific radio. But, instead, I have
grown disenchanted with the radio hobby and have hardly been on in the last 4-5
years. I've been looking for something to "push" me to do something different
and get re-emerged.
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