[TenTec] New ham looking at Pegasus

[David McClafferty]

I have been playing around with radios since I was
just a kid and got involved with computers
(mini-computers) in the seventies. I played around
with computer controlled oscillators so I was familier
with tuning using a mouse or keyboard. I have had a
pegausus for over three years and I find I still
prefer a tuning knob. Luckily I was smart enough to
order my Pegasus with the remote tuning knob. Someone
with only computer experience may be happy with
mouse/keyboard tuning but I think an old radio dog
will not be happy trying to learn this new trick. If
you get a Pegasus get the remote pod as well.

73, Dave, VE1ADH

 --- Duane Grotophorst <n9dg at yahoo.com> wrote: > 
> --- Dudley Hurry <jhurry at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> "As far as a FIRST radio, I am not sure that a new
> ham
> can appreciate or understand the operations of the
> Pegasus, and might get unhappy with the operation."
> 
> On the contrary, I think if you are already
> comfortable with computers and find that maneuvering
> around your other applications is second nature, -
> you
> may actually find that the various Pegasus control
> software packages to be MORE intuitive and user
> friendly than the traditional radio panel. This is
> because you would be approaching it without any
> preconceived notions about how radio controls are
> "supposed" to look and work. This I believe is the
> biggest user acceptance battle that radios like the
> Kachina 505DSP and Pegasus face. All those existing
> radio users who often try to make (and want) that
> "newfangled" computer controlled radio to look and
> work just like all the "real panel” radios have in
> the
> past. This limited view of radio control software is
> comparable to trying to work 35WPM CW by writing
> dots
> and dashes on a piece of paper rather copying
> (listening to) the "words" in your head.
> 
> Also if you haven’t already looked at the eHam.net
> reviews for the Pegasus, be sure to look at: 
> 
> http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/165 
> 
> Most of the reviews there are well reasoned and
> informative.
> 
> Duane
> N9DG
> 
> 
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