[TenTec] Disillusioned with your Orion, Long for the good old days?

[AC5E at aol.com]

Well, I guess that's my chuckle of the day. And I needed it.  But after 
comparing speech proccessor settings with ON4UN I didn't need it badly enough to 
swap the first rig I reach for after work, for the stuff I used in my first ham 
radio incarnation. 

But lordy, how far we have come!  The concept of variable bandwidth would 
have been something straight off the pages of Astounding Stories - a hybrid 
computer/radio would have been equally off the wall. After all, everyone knew 
computers used thousands upon thousands of 6V6's and requred scores of technicians 
to change tubes. 

On the other hand, human nature hasn't changed. We can all enjoy ham radio, 
talk to friends and make new ones. And spin the knob when what we hear does not 
suit us. 

73  Pete Allen  AC5E