OK John, I understand, but..... there is this little thing from Griffin
Technologies (USB device) which is programmable and lets me adjust the
AF and RF gain with a KNOB! Or the frequency if you desire. But the
mouse tuning is incredible - scroll with the mouse wheel on the
frequency readout (by digit, so you can change freq by any increment),
scroll on the spectrum display, drag the spectrum display, use the
keyboard, or click on a signal on the panadaptor to bring the frequency
to that signal.
I used to be a confirmed knober too and swore I would never get a Flex,
but after I tried one, I was hooked.
73,
Wayne
K4ELO
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:13 -0500, "Jim M." <jmiller1706@cfl.rr.com>
wrote:
> But some of us prefer real knobs instead of a mouse!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of John Simon
> Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 10:04 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Firmware
>
> Hey I wouldn't mind a second OII here too! B-)
> If you pay me $US50 I'll take it off your hands.
>
>
> 73, John de VK2XGJ
> Sometimes I pretend to be normal, but it gets boring.
> So I go back to being me!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <d.e.warnick@comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Firmware
>
>
> >
> >
> > So what you're saying is that every couple of hours or days at the most,
> > you get to load new software? Sounds great.
> >
> >
> >
> > Since the Orion II is such junk, make me a great offer to take it off your
>
> > hands.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > WA3MKB
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wayne Whitman" <wwhitman@fastmail.fm>
> > To: "TenTec List" <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 8:35:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: [TenTec] New Firmware
> >
> > After reading about all of the problems, I think that I'll just sit this
> > one out. I'm not a waterfall user anyway.
> >
> > Now I know why I bought a Flex 5000A. Bugs are fixed within hours, or a
> > day or two at the most in my experience. Company president, tech
> > support, and chief software developer regularly monitor and contribute
> > to the reflector. I have had the Flex for 4 months and the Orion II for
> > over a year. Under all circumstances I have tried, the Flex equals or
> > outperforms the Orion II. It's just a lot more flexible (no pun
> > intended) when it comes to operation, plus the filtering is nothing
> > short of amazing, and I can get a digital program, a logging program,
> > and a dx spotting program all working on CAT at once. Being able to
> > accurately 'see' the pileup on dx and the stations responding on what
> > frequency is amazing. Just point and click to go the last responder's
> > frequency.
> > There is absolutely no comparison to the Orion II display. Plus the
> > majority of the code is open source so you can even pick from different
> > versions, or contribute yourself, or make your own.
> >
> > Don't think I'm bashing TT here. I have been a loyal TT customer,
> > purchasing three new transceivers in the last three years.
> > I'm just a convert to what is for me a better rig with much better
> > support.
> >
> > Orion II may just be up for sale soon. I'm thinking about it.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > K4ELO
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