[TenTec] OT: 7300 buy back program

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,8/15/2016 1:03 PM, Steve Berg wrote:
> Once the novelty wore off, I started getting annoyed by having to push 
> a menu button, then scroll to a setting, and then select something 
> like the setting the keyer speed, and do some other actions, just to 
> do what a lowly knob does on my Corsair II and my MFJ keyer.  So, that 
> radio has found a new home. 

Yes. I had an FT100D that I used in the car for a while. Another entry 
level radio, poor performance, and you had to go through menus to do 
ANYTHING.

I'm REALLY pleased with the K3 user interface -- everything you need for 
general operation is on the front panel, because they've done a great 
job of making buttons and knobs do multiple things, depending on mode 
(for example, Mic Gain becomes CW Speed), and on whether you "tap" the 
button or give it a long push. Knobs that you don't use as often change 
function with a push -- the Power knob also sets Compression and Monitor 
gain (hearing yourself in headphones or speaker). Menus are needed only 
to change setup, like VOX, where a mic is connected (front or rear 
panel), and to tell the radio to use Bias (or not) for that mic. Menus 
also set the 8-band EQ for TX and RX (separately). Front panel buttons 
switch bands, operating modes, turn the preamp on and off, turn the 
Attenuator on and off, etc. Knobs vary the RX bandwidth.

My last Kenwood HF rig was a TS850, and I'm using Kenwood mobile and 
handheld VHF/UHF rigs. I find their user interface FAR easier and more 
logical than Yaesu. My friends who have Yaesu talkies agree. My last 
Yaesu was an FT1000MP. Sort of OK, but again, way too much stuff on 
menus, and the manual didn't explain a lot of the settings very well. I 
had an IC746 for a while that I mostly used on 6M and 2M. Too much stuff 
on menus. My last TenTec was an Omni V+. It really needed the Plus. :)

73, Jim K9YC