The legendary ORION series will soon have its successor. Ten-Tec announced for October 2006 ORION with serial number VII. This one TCVR bude prvým čistokrvným zariadením ovládateľným po sieti. Znamená to, že so zariadením budete môcť pracovať z hociktorého miesta na Zemi so širokopásmovým pripojením do Internetu ako remote station. ORION VII má na tento účel zabudovaný Ethernetový port s routerom.
Parameters of ORION VII
ORION VII will be able to work in the 160-6m bands with 100W. Of course, there will be two roofing filters with 34 settings DSP filters. Collins electromechanical filters for both SSB and CW will be available as optional accessories.
Like many devices today, the ORION VII will have a large color display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. In addition to a number of digital functions, the built-in tuner will definitely please you. An identical tuner is built into the ORION II. The device will have three antenna connectors, one only for the RX antenna. As is customary at Ten-Tec, the ORION VII will also be able to be improved on the software side with upgrades from the Internet.
The ORION VII measures 5 x 12 x 14.75 inches (127 x 305 x 375 mm) and weighs around 7 kg. The price of the device will be set somewhere between the prices of the JUPITER and ORION II models (50-120 thousand crowns).