The tuning rate varies with the speed of your computer. When I was using a
486/66 it was the pits, with a pentium 100 it's really nice. I have found
that the "band switch" does indeed return to the frequency/mode/filter you
were using when last on that band.
Dave, VE1ADH
On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Tim Cook wrote:
>
> Hi,
> In the process of experimenting with the Pegasus software, I noticed a
> couple of things it did or didn't do that I have questions on.
>
> 1. It has several tuning steps, and at first that seemed real nice, but when
> experimenting with the software, if I use 10hz tuning steps (which are
> common for most Ham transceivers), one turn of the knob results in something
> less than 200hz per revolution! In order to get a comfortable 5khz or 10khz
> per revolution (again like most modern transceivers) I must set the tuning
> step to 100hz (2 khz per rev) or 500hz (10khz per rev) . This appears to me
> to be a problem in tuning the bands. If I set it to 100/500hz, The tuning
> will be unacceptable for normal listening. and If I set it to 10hz, it would
> take forever to tune around a band. I know I must be missing something ,
> surely it can't operate like this and get the rave reviews it's getting.
>
> 2. The other thing I noticed was the "band switch" , The button right below
> the main tuning knob. One thing in the past few years that all manufactures
> promoted was "band stacking registers" or something to that affect. Anyhow I
> at first thought it was remembering the last freq tuned to on each band, but
> that does not appear to be the case. Can someone explain what that function
> does (the amateur band button), other than put you someplace within the band
> you request.
>
> I know these might seem like questions that can wait until I actually get a
> radio to hook to it, but if the first problem I discussed actually works as
> I described it, I may change my mind about the order I placed last week.
> Thanks for any input and help on clarifying my concerns....
> 73
> Tim
> Nz8J
>
>
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