Thanks Larry, for your very welcome information. The more I hear about the
new Pegasus the more excited I become.
I like the digital modes and from what you have just posted this seems like
the radio for me.
I will wait until the software I want has been developed before purchasing
one. I made that mistake long ago with computers.
While I am making up my wish list:
It would be nice if someone would develop a basic program for it that would
allow you to purchase and add additional features (software modules) as they
become available. I hope you will not need to buy one program for one
feature and a different program for some other feature you want to add.
It looks like a new cottage industry could develop for radio interface
software writers.
I wonder if Microsoft will get involved?
William Lee N5WRX
-----Original Message-----
From: L. Kayser <kayser@king.igs.net>
To: 'tentec@contesting.com' <tentec@contesting.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 8:37 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus, is a TWO part radio, important
>
>Greetings:
>
>The Ten Tec reflector continues to show a large misunderstanding of what
>the new Pegasus brings to the future of amateur radio.
>
>Pegasus MUST be viewed as a "two part radio". The first part is the Radio
>unit itself, the box some 10 x 5.5 x 10 inches and weighing about 8 lbs. or
>so.
>
>The SECOND part is the control software. This will come eventually in many
>varieties, one or more varieties from Ten Tec, other varieties from other
>software creators and vendors. Will the radio run RTTY and the radio
>interface in a single computer? YES by definition this will happen. Will
>it happen on a 10 year old 386SX notebook computer, probably NO, but just
>maybe a simple interface might be made to work. The only question is WHEN
>will additional software for the Pegasus radio be available.
>
>
>Larry VA3LK
>
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