[TenTec] Computer controled radios

[William Lee]

Richard, I can understand how computer control can suit your application,
but... how many other hams have the need or the resources to buy the real
estate, put up a building to house the radio gear, erect a tower, antennas,
and pay the liability insurance in case some thief comes around and gets
hurt trying to steal your equipment. All that must be very expensive. I
would think it would be a very small percentage. Was moving your primary
residence to a better radio location out of the question?

William Lee   N5WRX

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Thorne <rthorne@tcac.net>
To: William Lee <n5wrx@mindspring.com>
Cc: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>; rthorne@tcac.net
<rthorne@tcac.net>
Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Computer controled radios


>
>Hi William:
>
>I bought a Kachina 505DSP last year for the sole purpose of remote control
>operation.  I can't put up any antennas at my home qth, but using the
505DSP,
>I'm able to use stacked yagis and make lots of dx qso's that I otherwise
could
>not make.
>
>If I could put the antennas up at my home, I would stick with a traditional
>radio.  The reason being the Kachina is still lacking in the
contest/general
>logging support, which will come in the near future.
>
>I have a web page at http://www.tcac.net/~rthorne/index.html which shows a
few
>pictures of my remote set up.
>



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