[TenTec] Pegasus, the answer to a long wait....

M.Pender steam@megsinet.net
Sun, 16 May 1999 08:15:57 -0500


Wow!!! That sounds like one heck of a lot of work just to
be able to go hf mobile!!!!

Something wrong with the 555 or ft-100??
It is, after all, just mobile hf'ing. It just ain't that serious!
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       Mike Pender   N9IVO:   Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
       E-Mail:          steam@megsinet.net
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I know that I will have a tiny tiny
> control box that will control my future Pegasus in my mobile.  A tiny
> microcomputer will be inside the box to do the work.  It will not have a
> screen at all!  As a mobile operator it is likely better that I do not
look
> at a screen, I am sure that my vehicle insurance company will agree.  My
> frequency readout will be by CW!  I will tune with a few buttons, spaced
> optimally for my stiff fingers.  I will push two of the buttons together
> and I will then be able to adjust the audio level, I will push two other
> tuning buttons together and I will change the CW sending speed.  What I am
> sharing with you is that my CW mobile setup will be to meet my needs, done
> the way I want it done.  This is the real value potential of virtual
> radios.
>
> 73
>
> Larry, VA3LK / WA3ZIA



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