Gee, David, I think My Omni VI's have all or most of those features you find
desirable:
1. Speaker, audio output, audio/mic input, keyer/computer CW input, paddle
input for internal keyer. The jacks don't duplicate those on the front
(most are RCA jacks), but rear panel connectivity for those functions is
there.
2. Separate jacks on back allow a keyer/straight key/computer cw input (RCA
plug/jacks)and a paddle input (1/4" stereo phone plug/jack). (PTT (RCA jack)
can also be used as a second input for CW keying.
3. No Bluetooth or wi-fi....
4. CW/PTT keys the amp before the radio through a loop through keying
process.
5/6. Vox, Sidetone Level, and a multitude of other variables are accessible
through either dedicated button controls or menu selections/adjustments
hrough the keypad.
I'm guessing without looking back at the specs that the features 1,2,4,5,6
above in the Omni VI(+) are also carried through in the Orion.
73,
dale, kg5u
>
> Any manufacturers listening out there?? How about these:
> 1. duplicate front panel jacks on rear... make it so I don't have to
> have mic, headphone, and sometimes key/keyer plugs sticking out the
> front of the radio with the cables all bent around to get out of the
> way.
> 2. separate paddle and keyer input jacks. So I can plug in paddles and
> use the built in keyer, and also plug in a keying line from a
> computer... and use both at the same time!
> 3. Bluetooth or 802.11 and Ethernet networking built in.... stream the
> audio out and mic input in, provide a software library of network
> control functions that logging program writers can use. radios rarely
> stand alone these days, its time to make them easier to integrate into
> the modern shack.
> 4. generate ptt early, digitally delay the cw by selectable value so
> amps are keyed properly, don't force logging programs to do this... and
> do it for the built in keyers or from the external key input jacks
> consistently.
> 5. put vox controls where they can be reached! Don't hide them on the
> back of the radio or under a little cover, and don't require a
> screwdriver to adjust them. Make them real knobs or a special button
> that brings up the vox settings in a menu immediately... and remember
> different settings for each mode, ssb delay does not equal cw delay! My
> voice needs a different vox sensitivity than the next operator's, don't
> make me leave a screwdriver stuck in the little pot to make the change!
> 6. the same goes for side tone level, and any other little screwdriver
> adjustments that are hidden on the top, bottom, or back of radios... put
> them in a menu setting or give them their own knob... maybe even one
> multi function encoder knob that sets whatever is selected in the menu.
>
> If anyone has an 'in' with big radio manufacturers please pass these
> along, maybe by the next time I have to upgrade radios I'll decide which
> to buy by whomever has implimented the most of these.
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
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