[TenTec] Re: Pegasus: The Answer...

[L. Kayser]

 From a message by Roy Koeppe

This doesn't pertain to mobile, but your stiff fingers statement fascinated
me a bit:

    "I will tune with a few buttons, spaced
optimally for my stiff fingers.  I will push two of the buttons 
together..."

Are you aware of just how slow a tuning rate it is possible to option the
OMNI-6+ for?  It's possible to achieve truely a snail's pace! Easy for
accurate tuning even with OT's fingers on the big knob.

73,   Roy    K6XK

Hi Roy:
The OMNI6 + is a great rig, just not for me.  The RF and AF gain controls 
are not digital and I need a funny kind of tuning knob, about 5 miles long. 
 If it wont work in the remote station then it wont be here.  I have no HF 
rf stuff in the village at all and only a small station at the Island QTH, 
the main station is the Remote.

I have put many hours into the remote tuning thing here.  On a standard PC 
keyboard I have grabbed programatically all the keypad keys and i use them 
for remote tuning.  I am experimenting now with how to inegrate a CW sender 
to tell me what QRG I am on but I have found (for me) that I prefer 50Hz 
fine steps and 500 Hz large steps for tunning around.

CU on 7020.5

73, Larry VA3LK
  


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