[TenTec] Phoenix

[W8BVH]

Your all getting away from his simple question. KISS!!!
Ralph
w8bvh


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dukes HiFi" <dukeshifi at comcast.net>
To: "Thisisme Laughing" <thisismelaughing at yahoo.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec 
Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Phoenix


> Rather than a mechanical place on top of the radio for the iPad, why not 
> leave the reusable parts of the Prion design, along with the front panel 
> and display so the radio could operate stand alone, but have a simple 
> Bluetooth link that would allow someone other than the busy folks at Ten 
> Tec (N4PY, for example) to write an app to use the iPad for all of the 
> features (and more) now offered in the N4PY (or equivalent) software.
>
> In the fashion of the Pegasus, a version with no display or perhaps a 
> simple low cost alphanumeric readout could be offered. Then it’s BYE BYE 
> to the obsolescence of displays, encoders and things like that. A new 
> iPad, when needed should the display go bad, is a simple deal at any Apple 
> (or competing) store.
>
> Gary
>
> W0DVN
>
>> On Feb 21, 2017, at 7:48 AM, Thisisme Laughing via TenTec 
>> <tentec at contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> One of the challenges with HF radios is how to maximize features while 
>> offering a rational and convenient front panel--there is only so much 
>> "real estate" available for displays, meters and controls.
>> What about building a wireless interface into the TenTec Phoenix that 
>> links to your iPad or other similar device? The rig could have an 8-inch 
>> groove cut into the top of the front panel bezel--simply place your iPad 
>> in the groove, fire up the Phoenix app, and you've got all the "eye 
>> candy" you could want displayed on the iPad while keeping the front panel 
>> of the rig simple enough for normal operations.
>> The app could handle spectrum display, custom metering, real-time 
>> decoding, etc; it could even have preset buttons that instantly configure 
>> the radio for band, mode, etc. without depending on multi-multi-function 
>> buttons on the front panel of the radio.
>> Marshall, K1SN
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