[Elecraft] Orion vs K2 " MADE in USA "???

Wed Oct 22 14:32:00 2003

sorry to ALL , my humor was way too oblique....

Elecrafts are made ALL OVER THE WORLD !!!!
NOT JUST  " Built in USA".....

  kit's  ya know ./......

I love my tentecs, got 3 amps!! , 4 xcvrs !!!

sorry if  ANYBODY / EVERYBODY , missed my observation......
my apologies to all , esp the Mr. Eric , who has better things to do,
Sorry,
bill

At 12:31 PM 10/22/03, Bert Craig wrote:

>Hi Bill,
>
>Just curious, a slam to whom. The Orion and the K2 are from, what I
>consider, the two top dog USA manufacturers. I personally would love to see
>more support for them...and Patcomm as well. Like I said, just curious.
>Maybe I'm not getting it. Tnx. :-)
>
>73 de Bert
>WA2SI
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill NY9H" <[email protected]>
>To: "Allen Ward" <[email protected]>; "elecraft reflector"
><[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 12:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Orion vs K2 " MADE in USA "???
>
>
> > Allen,
> > You   "point out that these are both USA built radios"
> >
> > Isn't this a bit of a slam ?????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Some are MADE IN JAPAN, TAIWAN, AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, and on.....
> >
> >
> > bill
> >
> > At 08:30 AM 10/22/03, you wrote:
> >
> > >I noticed while looking at the TenTec Orion specs that the Orion is
> > >compared to several top end rigs for 3rd order distortion and IP3 at 5
> > >kHz.  The Orion is 101dB and  +24dB.  The next highest rig is the K2 at
> > >88dB and +1dB.
> > >The price of a fully loaded Orion is $3817 (tuner and extra filters)
>while
> > >the K2 is $1579 (everything) and, depending on your outlook you HAVE to
> > >build it yourself or you GET to build it yourself.  Now volume-wise
> > >...  Of course some would point out that these are both USA built radios.
> > >Just a couple of observations.
> > >73 Allen KA5N
> >
> >
> >
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