[ICOM] Re: 756 Pro III vs. Tentec Orion vs the world

[Bill NY9H]

All velly interesting, as Earl HAD BOUGHT and tried to make the Orion his set.
He had expectations that were NOT meet by the Orion.

Bill, aside from having very close friends at TenTec,
had different expectations.and they apparently were met.

Something I did notice over at the TT reflector.
They ( some of "them") spend too much time talking about ICOM,, in a 
denigrating fashion. Let's continue to leave TT on the TT reflector.

Maybe we need another reflector:
My toys are better than your toys...   or
   if your radio was actually better than mine , I would have bought that 
one silly.

bill


At 09:29 AM 2/3/2005, Doug Renwick wrote:

>The conclusion to this is we have two operators/stations with different
>equipment doing very well on 160M.
>Each has chosen a radio that matches their preferences, and neither is wrong.
>Each operator's abilities were created differently.  Hence to maximize
>his performance, different equipment was chosen.
>Example: Suppose the filter between operator A ears is different than operator
>B, or operator B can detect a much weaker audio tone in the noise than
>operator A.  Each chooses the receiver that matches them.
>
>Doug
>
>Earl W Cunningham wrote:
>
>>The fact remains, in an A/B test of the Orion vs the Pro 2 (and many
>>other receivers) at K6SE, the Pro 2 was far better than the Orion at
>>digging weak CW signals out of the noise on both 160 meters and 10
>>meters.
>>W4ZV has expounded in the past about his prowess in winning contests
>>using the Orion.  On 160m, he uses a huge transmitting antenna and an
>>assortment of Beverage antennas.
>
>
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