[ICOM] 756 Pro III vs. Tentec Orion

John Geiger johngeig at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 2 13:40:10 EST 2005


The Orion will allow for true dual receive, where you
can be listening to different bands and/or modes at
the same time, whereas the Icom is still limited to
dual watch which involves the same band and mode.  Now
if the Orion also did 6 meters...

73s John NE0P

--- N0KHQ at aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 2/2/05 11:48:38 AM Central
> Standard Time,  
> wa1tjb at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> I have  been a long time Icom user and very much
> love
> Icom equipment.  I  currently have both a 706 MkIIG
> and
> a 746 Pro.  I have been  considering an upgrade and
> have been looking at the 756 Pro 3 and the  Tentec
> Orion.  I am a big DX nut and, although I love my
> Icoms, the  concept of the narrow front end roofing
> filters on the Tentec and more  manual control of
> the
> radio, along with positive reports from some of  the
> top DX'ers, have got me wondering if the Orion is
> the
> better DX  radio and worth the extra $1k investment.
> 
> Will you please give me your  feedback based on what
> you've experienced and heard?
> 
> Tnx es 73 de  Gary
> WA1TJB
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> Hi Gary,
>  
> The TT Orion has the best receiver on the market
> today. (check all the lab  
> results, by others)
>  
> It is my understanding, from independent lab
> results, that the Prolll is  
> only a fraction better than the Proll.
>  
> The Prolll costs $2995.00 new, no options other than
> standard.
>  
> The TT Orion costs $3300.00 new, no tuner and no
> additional 1st IF roofing  
> filters.
> The stock Orion comes with 1st IF roofing filters
> at; 20k, 6k, 2.4k and 1k.  
> Additional roofing filters can be purchased from TT
> or Inrad. In addition, the 
>  Orion has 2 independent fully programmable
> receivers that operate on any ham 
>  band and frequency. Great for DXing.
> If you order the Orion with the built in antenna
> tuner, your getting the  
> best. The tuner will tune up a set of bed springs. I
> think the tuner costs about  
> $250 additional. 
>  
> TT offers their equipment based on a no questions
> asked 30 day return  
> policy. I don't know if Icom or its dealers has the
> same policy.
>  
> I own a 756Proll and really like it for the colorful
> display. I don't use  it 
> any more since buying the Orion almost a year ago.
> It spends all of its time  
> under a dust cover.
>  
> I also own a TT Orion, I'm here to tell ya, its the
> best receiver on the  
> planet. Don't take my word for it though, give it a
> try. If you don't like the  
> rig....send it back and buy a Prolll.
>  
> If you should decide to purchase an Orion, send me
> an email with your phone  
> number on it and I'll help you set it up.
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 73
> John / N0KHQ / St. Louis
> 
> Always on  18.130
> 
> Antennas:
> 
> You can build 'em better than you can buy  'em
> Please visit the sites below:
> _http://www.hamuniverse.com/antennas.html_
> (http://www.hamuniverse.com/) 
> _http://www.cebik.com/n0khq.html_
> (http://cebik.com/nokhq/html) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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