[TenTec] RE: Unveiling of DR1
Martin Ewing
martin at aa6e.net
Fri Jul 9 11:18:00 EDT 2004
The URL is http://www.computeradio.us/DR1.htm by the way.
Some first reactions:
1. Are we sure the announce date was July 4? Not April 1?
2. Where's the CW key?
3. Nice mock-up. Is it real stainless steel? aluminum? cardboard?
4. Even fewer specs than the IC-7800.
Seriously, maybe this is how software designed radios will be packaged.
The box looks suspiciously like my PC tower. Note the spinner knob,
keypad, and infra-red remote(?). Not as satisfying for me as a real
control panel, but infinitely flexible.
Software: Is it open source? User extensible? (They say so.) Runs
Linux? (They don't say.)
Good luck to them.
-Martin, AA6E
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