[TenTec] Orion VFO vs RX philosophy

[Dudley Hurry]

Rick,

I guess you have not used Carl's (N4PY) software with the remote 
pod.    With this you can program all 15 buttons to different functions, 
and with that I can control most of the functions of the Jupiter from the 
pod.   If I had a second Jupiter/Pegasus, I could have two pods running and 
controlled from the same SW.   While I do not have an Orion, I am sure that 
Carl has the same functions for the Orion too, as a matter of fact much of 
the discussion of A and B receivers and what freq goes where can most 
likely be solved with Carl's SW, if I had to bet.  Check it out, really 
slick..

73,
Dudley
WA5QPZ
Austin, Tx




At 11:48 AM 7/12/2004 -0500, Duane A Calvin wrote:
>Oh no, not this discussion again!  Look back in the archives when the
>Pegasus came out.  I do find it interesting that the Pegasus eventually
>went away to be replaced by the Jupiter, which is the same radio with a
>real front panel (or the "virtual" one if you like).  One has to believe
>it was sales that drove the changeover.
>
>         73,  Duane
>
>
>On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:18:52 -0700 "NJ0IP" <Rick at dj0ip.de> writes:
> > All nice thoughts Martin, but I guess if we let our imaginations run,
> > each
> > of us would come up with our own unique panel layout.
> >
> > It begs the question, do we "really" need a legacy front panel?
> > Yuri seems to think not and has left it out of his DR1.
> >
> > I think I've mentioned this before but I'll say it again:  When we
> > first
> > began having digital displays in our radios about 25+ years ago, we
> > users
> > demanded that the VFO knob's skirt still be calibrated with 1 kHz
> > markings.
> > We simply couldn't imagine a world without it.  Today, no radio has
> > such a
> > thing and nobody is complaining.  My feeling is that most other
> > features
> > which we "think" we need are not really needed.
> >
> > Where I think the user interface will go is to a virtual front
> > panel,
> > displayed on a normal [External TFT] computer screen.  I currently
> > have a
> > 15" screen with no base (or foot) sitting directly on top of my
> > ORION.  When
> > running N4PY software, I get a fantastic display and wonderful
> > colors.  What
> > will ultimately happen (in my opinion) is that either Ten-Tec or
> > some 3rd
> > party software vendor will give us tools to design our own virtual
> > front
> > panel.  We'll be able to configure the controls where we want them.
> >
> > For all of you "nay sayers" out there, I can only say "if you
> > haven't tried
> > it for a length of time, you are being unfair".  Of course when you
> > try it
> > for the first time it feels clumbsy, but the more you use it, the
> > more it
> > feels natural.  You have to give it an honest chance before you find
> > out if
> > you realy like it or not.
> >
> > So here's what I want:  Someone should design a small black box
> > which is
> > effectively a dual POD. It is designed such that the TFT monitor can
> > sit on
> > top of it.  It has two VFO knobs and a number of push buttons and a
> > couple
> > of knobs (to be determined).  ALL of these are user-definable.  The
> > radio
> > sits under the table or on the shelf, out of the way.  Let's place a
> > memory
> > card reader in it so that different users can plug in their
> > personal
> > configuration.
> >
> > I think it will be 5 years before we begin to see this emerge, but
> > in 10
> > years it will be standard.
> >
> > 73
> > Rick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
> > [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Martin Ewing
> > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 8:47 AM
> > To: tentec at contesting.com
> > Subject: [TenTec] Orion VFO vs RX philosophy
> >
> >
> > Mark has a great point.  Frequency step is clearly a "VFO" property,
> > but
> > it is assigned to the main/sub receiver.  You might (or might not)
> > say
> > the same for RIT and XIT.  Anything that sets or modifies the
> > frequency
> > is a VFO thing?
> > <SNIP>
> >
> >
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>Duane Calvin, AC5AA
>Austin, Texas
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