Well said Ron.
Support for our rigs/equipment is one of the reasons many of us have
Ten-Tec. The fact that the ORION 'hears' better than any other radio is a
HUGE plus!
The Jupiter is a very good mid level rig that is selling well and has carved
out a place in ham radio. They all will receive the free updates while
incorporating changes we hams like to see. And yes, problems will be
addressed and fixed this way. Frankly, I enjoy the updates as they are a
reminder that this manufacturer of my radio is talking to me vice designing
my next model which requires me to "sell and buy".
Ten-Tec listens to their customers when we are responsible in our requests
and I expect this to continue far into the future. I also know these people
They have good leadership well planted in ham radio, outstanding equipment
and software engineers, world class operators in plant and the best caring
service in the business.
They ALL care and recognize there is a void in their approach to offering
and supporting ham radio equipment. We buy the full package with Ten-Tec
not just a box, albeit it's the best box, hi.
lynn w4nl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw@fyi.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Buying a New Orion
> Considering the common heritage between the Pegasus and the Jupiter
> (originally known as the "Pegasus FP" for Front Panel), I wouldn't be so
> hasty as to assume that firmware upgrades for the Pegasus will cease.
They
> may not be as frequent as they once were, but that may be all.
>
> Nor would I assume that Ten-Tec is also dropping "support" for the Peg;
why
> would they, they still support the Power Mites, and those date back to the
> very beginning of Ten-Tec.
>
> 73, ron wn3vaw
>
> "I'd give real money if he'd just shut up!"
> Dr. Leonard McCoy, "Start Trek VI: The Hills Are Alive with the Sounds of
> Klingons"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Erbaugh" <mark@microenh.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Buying a New Orion
>
>
> > My Orion's firmware will be completely up to date
> > in two years...or 10 years for that matter.
>
> Reality check here, please.
>
> Recently, TenTec announced the end of the Pegasus after only about 4.5
years
> of production (the radio was introduced at the 1999 Dayton Hamvention, but
> wasn't in production until August or so). I suspect that we will see no
> more firmware updates for the Pegasus. Last year, the only firmware update
> for the Pegasus was to give us access to 60m, something that the N4PY
> software already did without the update. There have been essentially no
new
> features for almost 2 years, meaning that we really only had updates for
> about 2.5 years - no where near 10 years.
>
> I'm not faulting TenTec in this decision. You can't really expect them to
> continuually pour engineering resources into a project without a
> corresponding revenue stream. Now that TT has ceased support for the
> Pegasus, I hope that they will release the firmware source code to the
> general ham public. I'm sure folks like Carl could add new features.
>
> 73,
> Mark
>
> P.S. I don't expect TT to release the firmware, but I can hope.
>
>
>
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