[TenTec] Help me Decide ??

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 10:50 -0700, alan geller wrote:
> An Apple executive told me that their success came from designing products with great
> "fingerspitzengefuhle", which to him meant that users could feel the device thru their fingertips.
> 
> This is a very human and analog sense in an increasingly digital world.I like tuning in signal which
> lets me feel I am capturing the information out of the ether. Hooray for knobs and meters. I have been
> on a few computer design teams but I cringe inside when I realize that half the people in the world that
> wear shoes make their living by sitting behind a desk filling in and playing with spreadsheets..it's getting scary.
> 
> Alan/K6ADG
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "RaySoifer at cs.com" <RaySoifer at cs.com>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 9, 2008 5:32:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Help me Decide ??
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a hypothesis I'd like to check out through this reflector: most of the people I know or whose posts I've read who like the Flex 5000 are (a) comfortable with computer programming and/or (b) are primarily phone or digital ops, not CW.
> 
> I suppose that makes two hypotheses, not one, but I'd still be interested to know if they are right or wrong.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ray W2RS
> 
> 

Several VHF and microwave operators are using Flex radios for IFs and
really liking them, as much CW as phone use. Look for KM0T's web page
for an example. http://www.km0t.com/ and
http://www.km0t.com/pages/sdr5000.htm
Lots of microwave modes like rain scatter work better on CW than on
voice, though that can depend on the path geometry. Paths well beyond
the horizon are workable with rain or snow scatter. 

73, Jerry, K0CQ