[TenTec] Orion II

[Larry Menzel]

Wow! What a diatribe.

> Do yourself a favor and look at a
> Yaesu FT 1000MP MKV,

A FAVOR???   Well, I did, and I bought my first Orion as a result.  Compared 
to the OII , the receiver is a block of wood, the menu system is ungainly 
and awkward, and obfuscated, too.  The display is awful, and without a LOT 
of filters the receiver is easily overloaded...oh, and the stock radio has 
key clicks up the whazoo on cw.

 I have two people that I know that have bought the Big
> O II and been very diappointed!

This is pretty vague.  Sounds to me like YOU never owned one, and that the 
mysterious "two people" never read the manual...or took time to learn the 
radio.

>RF issuses out the nose

Excuse me?  RF issues...what would they be?  Sounds like someone doesn't 
have the slightest idea about station grounding.

>and the audio just  plain stinks.

Receive audio or transmit audio?  I would argue that both are under operator 
control and refer to my previous comment.  Operator error, certainly.


>No more Ten Tec's for this guy!!

When did you have an Orion II or even Orion I?  I can't beleive that you 
EVER did, because if you had, you'd be singing a much different tune.

Look Guys I did not sign up
> for this group, I would like to be removed. thanks
WK9L

Sounds to me that you should stick around just to see the responses to your 
ill-informed, hearsay post.


Oh...by the way, if you can figure out how to unsubscribe, it'll be because 
you CAN read the "manual" which is belied by your post in the first place.

Have a great day.  We'll enjoy our excellent radios...and at least one more 
guy will, too, because you'll not have one.

Larry, N0XB
Northfield, MN

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>                                         ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Artmouton" <k5fnq at cox.net>
> To: <Tentec at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 4:06 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion II
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>>I am leaning toward purchasing the Orion II and have a few question for 
>>the group.
>> 1) What power supply is needed?
>> 2)  with the normal setup of a beam and 80 & 40 Inv Vee's all with fairly 
>> good swr is the tuner a necessity?
>> 3) What about the other "filters".  1.8 seems like SSB so really not 
>> needed here as I do mostly CW work.
>> Are the 600 and 300 Hz filters that good and would they make that much 
>> difference?
>> I am currently using an FT-1 on its last legs.
>> Any assistance or comments will be appreciated.
>> Art K5FNQ
>>
>> Art Mouton
>>
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