[TenTec] screens and knobs

[Charles Harpole]

Real radios have knobs.  Computers have screens and mice.

I like real, touchable things.  


Charles Harpole


k4vud at hotmail.com





> From: Kirk.harding at cox.net
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:39:47 -0500
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Band Scopes
>
> And this is the why I purchased and enjoy the Flex 5000A. I also have an
> OII and have really enjoyed it. Not only is the Flex 5000A feature rich, it
> is my opinion that it outperforms the OII. Hope the folks at TT are
> listening. You need to pay attention to what your competition are doing.
> Also in the wings is the Quick Silver(QS1R). Right now it is only a SDR
> with receive (multiple receivers)(2) capability. Soon it will have transmit
> capability.
> I suspect that this will create a little competition for Flex. As a fellow
> ham has said, "What a great time to be involved with ham radio."
>
> 73,
>
> Kirk, K6KAR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Dudley Hurry
> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 3:22 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Band Scopes
>
> All this discussion of bandscopes, the Flex has the best and most
> detailed, and the main and 2nd are fullly detailed in the same screen
> with Point and shoot.. Now if TT could duplicate that detail...
>
> 73,
> Dudley
>
> WA5QPZ
>
>
>
> Rsoifer at aol.com wrote:
>> Hi Barry,
>>
>> Yes, you're right. The K3 has a better sub receiver (for amateur band
> use)
>> than the Orion or O II. I had forgotten about that, probably because all
> I
>> ever use the sub receiver for, besides occasional general coverage
> listening, is
>> spotting callers in pile-ups. I find the O II sub receiver perfectly
> adequate
>> for that, in my experience anyway. I don't have a lot of strong locals to
>
>> deal with out here in the desert -- just one really, and his 160m key
> clicks are
>> so bad that nothing can get rid of him (hi).
>>
>> Sub receiver strong-signal performance is more important in a contest
>> situation than for what I do, so once again I suspect that a contester's
> choice of
>> radio may be different than mine.
>>
>> Tnx & 73,
>>
>> Ray W2RS
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 8/22/2008 3:21:18 PM GMT Standard Time,
>> barry.n1eu at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>>
>>> The Orion and K3 are both great contesting radios but the subreceiver
>>> in the K3 is actually usable when there are strong signals on the
>>> band
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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