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

[Gary Smith]

OK, I think we've beat this suject to death.  I was
looking for some honest, unbiased input and, for the
most part, I received it.  I am grateful to all who
took the time to give their opinions and offer their
support.  These are the things I truly appreciate
about ham radio; we all have different experiences,
but we are always willing to help and give others the
benefit of our knowledge.

Again, thanks to all for your help.  I apologize if my
question caused any hard feelings or if I used the
Icom reflector improperly.  There are many of you much
more operationally and technically skilled than I am,
and I have and continue to value your ideas.

For the record, I am pretty much settled on the
756ProIII.  I have used and loved Icom for quite some
time and am going to stick with it.

73 de Gary
WA1TJB

--- Bill NY9H <ny9h at arrl.net> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Doug Renwick VA5DX
> >PO Box 50, Clavet, Saskatchewan, Canada S0K 0Y0
> >VE5RA at sasktel.net
> >First VE5 9BDXCC
> >What profit it a ham if he gains all the awards yet
> forfeits his soul?
> >I'll run the race and I will never be the same
> again.
> >
> >----
> >Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC,
> icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
> >Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
> >Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
> 
> ----
> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC,
> icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
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> 



	
		
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