[TenTec] Pegasus

[randas@mindspring.com]

Pete...I'd like to hear more about the 6N2 radio...any other details come to
mind..??  Does it have the "Omni look"..??  Any word on its release date..??


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Inskeep <pinskeep@iglou.com>
To: tentec@contesting.com <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 10:53 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus


>
>I was fortunate enough to be one of those early in the door on Friday
>at Dayton.  I went right to the Ten-Tec booth to see the Pegasus.  The
>6N2 actually got me more excited, as I have been wanting to try
>multi-mode 6 meters and 2 meters.
>
>I did talk at length to one of the Ten-Tec staff about the Pegasus.
>My first question was about the software.  Would the source be
>available?   He said that the source was not available.  He did say
>that the receiver was patterned after the receiver in the RX-320, in
>terms of its software.  Thus, it is programmed, I recall, in Visual
>Basic.  I asked if they had any plans to port the software to Linux in
>the near future.  He thought not.
>
>Even so, if at some point those among the Ten-Tec followers who know
>how to program in Visual Basic, may at some point be able to extend
>the capabilities of the radio.  Perhaps at some point Ten-Tec could be
>convinced to go the open source route.  If that were to happen, who
>knows what the limits of the Pegasus' capabilities would be in the
>hands of a creative group of programmers.
>
>Incidently, while I was oohing and aahing over the radio, some ham to
>my right was pressuring Scott to be the first one to put in an order
>for the Pegasus.  I guess I now know who it was.  Wish I had
>introduced myself.  Scott, of course, needed no pressuring.
>
>In my eyes, it was a real neat rig.  Not to replace my Omni or my
>Delta, or even my TS50s mobile, but for what it is in its own right.
>But, I think that 6N2 was a great idea as well.  Throughout the day
>there was always a large crowd around the Ten-Tec booth.  I also got a
>Ten-Tec hat (no, they were not free).  Incidently, Kachina also had a
>nice display with demos, etc.  While the Kachina is ahead at present
>in features, it certainly costs more than the Pegasus.
>
>Finally, the Ten-Tech person told me that the Pegasus could multi-task
>with whatever other software one might want to use to run logging or
>contest programs, so long as the other software was windows compliant
>and able to multi-task as well.  The number of available serial ports,
>and the devices using them, will need to be addressed by the operator,
>as the Pegasus does require one serial port.  I understand that lots
>of logging/contest software also requires a serial port to run.  Wish
>I had a digital camera.  I would have taken a couple of pics and made
>them available to those on the reflector.
>
>Pete, NO2D
>Pewee Valley, KY
>
>
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