[TenTec] Requirements for a top tier DXing rig

[Richards]

Interesting observations, Barry...  Gives me cause to pause and ask:

	What if you use a program like N4PY produces,
	or HamRadioDeluxe, or some other control program
	that might display that additional data - even
	if you are a knob guy like Cecil K5DL, could
	you use one of these programs just for what it
	can DISPLAY, and then control the rig from its
	front panel?

	I do that with N4PY and my TT Omni VII and my
	KW TS-590s -- I prefer knobs, dials,and buttons
	but like the display the software provides.

	Or is this distracting, having to watch the
	screen to monitor or track settings, and then
	operate the rig by the front panel controls?

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On 10/18/2013 3:04 PM, Barry N1EU wrote:

> The form factor of the K3 means a lot more space on the desk but a lot less
> space on the display - no full time display of important parameters like
> bandwidth, shift, power, mic gain/compression, monitor level, etc etc.  You
> have to push a knob to see each value.  And no parameters at all are
> visible about the subreceiver unless you switch the display from main to
> sub.  There's plenty to like about the K3 and contesters have adopted it in
> droves, but the form factor doesn't work for me.
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