Grant, let's tone this down, or better yet, let's all punt. We each have
our opinions....and none are probably any better than the other. Like you,
I have owned MANY top line radios over the 47 years I've been licensed. I
have received OUTSTANDING service from Icom in every instance I've had to
call on them. Most for upgrades. I am not a member of a specific cult or
following. I just use the radios. If you think that TT delivered what they
promised on the Orion, that's simply great. I, and obviously others,don't.
I also have had the Orion and O II setting here side by side. I opt for the
Orion over the Orion II. The screen was better on the O II, and the
features didn't lock up like they do on the Orion at times, but I feel/felt
the performance overall was better on the Orion.
73 John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t@tx.rr.com>
To: "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten-Tec commitment to customers...
Orion II firmware update was made in May 07. Not quite what
I expected from
the promise to keep my radio upgraded.
I'm sitting here trying to figure out what you guys want. 1KW tranmitter
firmware? dc to light receive firmware? CW decoders? A driver for your
new
52" plasma display? Teleportation technology? Fully automatic contest
participation? Menu selectable cabinet colors?
Seriously, there are still some things all of us would like to see
"improved", depending or whether your point of view is that something is
broken, or "it doesn't work the way I want it to and I paid for it to work
THE WAY I WANT IT TO", or I couldn't break the pileup because I couldn't
hear the guy (and you think you would have heard him on something else?),
or
something.
If you believe spending a few more kilobucks on some other radio will take
you to Nirvana, then you haven't owned many radios.
And if you have a grumble about actual support, then you also haven't
owned
many radios from other vendors.
Grant/NQ5T
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