I've got a Drake 2B / 2BQ and a DX-60 / HG-10 that'll be right down your
alley, Ken. If the Wright Brothers had your ultra conservative bent,
airliners wouldn't need wings.
73, Mike N4NT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Brown" <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] E-Ham Bad Orion Review
> >
> >
> > I know some of the older
> >generation are vehemently against putting up with any little glitches
etc. that are
> >common in most computer defined electronics of ALL kinds today.
> >
> Well, maybe I am one "of the older generation". As long as I have been
> using computers running Windows I have been annoyed by occasional
> crashes. I have never accepted this as okay, although I have put up with
> it in order to take advantage of the capabilities of the computer. I do
> not think that consistant and identical output and functionality for
> consistant and identical input is too much to ask from a machine. I
> would say that is about where I draw the line between a good tool or
> machine and a toy. When I get in the car to drive on the highway, I want
> the car to steer to the right when I turn the wheel to the right EVERY
> TIME, not just most of the time. And I don't want to have to pull over
> (assuming I have not crashed and died) to shut the engine off, and
> restart it in order to get the steering to work right again. Now that I
> am running a computer with Windows XP it is much closer to a tool than
> any windows operating system computer I have used before, they have been
> closer to toys. I grew up with radios that pretty much did the same
> thing every time I did the same thing to the controls. That is what I
> expect out of a radio. I don't think it is too much to expect. Some
> people may put up with erratic behavior in order to get excellent
> performance (most of the time) and some people would rather have
> consistancy with almost as good performance. I have never tried an
> Orion. The performance I hear about sounds very desirable, and the
> crashes and glitches sound very frustrating.
>
> If your computer or radio was an airplane, would you go up in it? With
> or without a parachute? I would like both my computer and my radio to
> work so reliably that my answer to those questions is: yes, without a
> parachute. Maybe that is an "older generation" attitude.
>
> DE N6KB
>
> >
> >
>
>
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