Oh no, not this discussion again! Look back in the archives when the
Pegasus came out. I do find it interesting that the Pegasus eventually
went away to be replaced by the Jupiter, which is the same radio with a
real front panel (or the "virtual" one if you like). One has to believe
it was sales that drove the changeover.
73, Duane
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:18:52 -0700 "NJ0IP" <Rick@dj0ip.de> writes:
> All nice thoughts Martin, but I guess if we let our imaginations run,
> each
> of us would come up with our own unique panel layout.
>
> It begs the question, do we "really" need a legacy front panel?
> Yuri seems to think not and has left it out of his DR1.
>
> I think I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again: When we
> first
> began having digital displays in our radios about 25+ years ago, we
> users
> demanded that the VFO knob's skirt still be calibrated with 1 kHz
> markings.
> We simply couldn't imagine a world without it. Today, no radio has
> such a
> thing and nobody is complaining. My feeling is that most other
> features
> which we "think" we need are not really needed.
>
> Where I think the user interface will go is to a virtual front
> panel,
> displayed on a normal [External TFT] computer screen. I currently
> have a
> 15" screen with no base (or foot) sitting directly on top of my
> ORION. When
> running N4PY software, I get a fantastic display and wonderful
> colors. What
> will ultimately happen (in my opinion) is that either Ten-Tec or
> some 3rd
> party software vendor will give us tools to design our own virtual
> front
> panel. We'll be able to configure the controls where we want them.
>
> For all of you "nay sayers" out there, I can only say "if you
> haven't tried
> it for a length of time, you are being unfair". Of course when you
> try it
> for the first time it feels clumbsy, but the more you use it, the
> more it
> feels natural. You have to give it an honest chance before you find
> out if
> you realy like it or not.
>
> So here's what I want: Someone should design a small black box
> which is
> effectively a dual POD. It is designed such that the TFT monitor can
> sit on
> top of it. It has two VFO knobs and a number of push buttons and a
> couple
> of knobs (to be determined). ALL of these are user-definable. The
> radio
> sits under the table or on the shelf, out of the way. Let's place a
> memory
> card reader in it so that different users can plug in their
> personal
> configuration.
>
> I think it will be 5 years before we begin to see this emerge, but
> in 10
> years it will be standard.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Martin Ewing
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:47 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Orion VFO vs RX philosophy
>
>
> Mark has a great point. Frequency step is clearly a "VFO" property,
> but
> it is assigned to the main/sub receiver. You might (or might not)
> say
> the same for RIT and XIT. Anything that sets or modifies the
> frequency
> is a VFO thing?
> <SNIP>
>
>
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas
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