[TenTec] Orion panel readability

Duane A Calvin ac5aa at juno.com
Thu Jun 16 17:31:47 EDT 2005


The problem is when you first get the rig - there are enough other things
to keep track of learning the Orion that little nits like this become a
bigger annoyance than they ought to be.  Otherwise, like you, I know
where the AGC LED is.

        73,  Duane


On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:05:14 -0400 Bill Tippett <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
writes:
> N6AJR wrote:
> 
>  >I  use my gear and if sold, it goes the way it is,  I don't abuse 
> it but 
> I do  use it.
> 
>          I do too Tom but I'm truly surprised
> this bothers anyone who uses their gear much.
> It didn't take me long to learn that VFO A is
> to the left and VFO B is to the right (i.e. in
> alphabetical order).  I also don't have problems
> with the PH and CW jacks since my headphones are
> always plugged in (what's a speaker?) and I use
> the rear input for my external keyer input.  I
> agree TT could have used a different connector
> for the front panel PH and CW inputs, but it has
> not been a major problem for me.
> 
>                                  73,  Bill  W4ZV
> 
> P.S.  I can also touch type without looking at
> the letters on the keys!  :-)
> 
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Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas


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