Caveat Emptor .FWIW: I had an Orion, years back. It was a very good rig. But it was announced that the manufacturer of its signal processor was changing dies which could affect availability and future maintainability of the Orion I. I made a decision then to "upgrade" to the OMNI VII, because of the OMNI lineage. Boy was I disappointed with the pseudo roofing filter when that rig was employed in the CQP (as compared to the Orion I.) So, in less than a year I turned to the K3. The K3 was a massive improvement for detecting weak signals and separating strong signals.
Another consideration is the upgrade path for Orion I vs. the K3. The P3 is a game changer. I don't know how I lived without it. OTOH the spectrum display on the Orion I was useless to me. Then there is the KPA500 which, like the P3, integrates all its functions seamlessly with the K3. As a Ten Tec owner I tried the Ten Tec blog for a limited time. I quit because of the elitist flaming. I'll stick with Elecraft, thank you. 73, Fred ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
