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[TenTec] RE: Pegasus ATTN button

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Subject: [TenTec] RE: Pegasus ATTN button
From: n4lq@iglou.com (Steve Ellington N4LQ)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 06:14:49 -0500
Me too. I don't consider the ATTN button a problem, rather it's just a
minor detail that needs attention. Last night I hooked up my bug and
wow, was this rig ever smooth! No mushy, buggy sound like I've
experienced with other rigs.
Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Christensen" <paulc@mediaone.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>; "M. Clark" <rudder@gulfcoast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] RE: Pegasus ATTN button


>
> Although I do not see these rather bizarre conditions as
"show-stoppers,"
> if the change is as easy to implement as Malcolm suggests, perhaps
Ten-Tec
> will consider the change in a forthcoming code drop.  Nevertheless,
I am
> still amazed at how stable the system software is after only a few
minor
> code releases.
>
> -Paul, W9AC
>
> ----------
> > From: M. Clark <rudder@gulfcoast.net>
> > To: tentec@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] RE: Pegasus ATTN button
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:19 AM
> >
> >
> > At 08:44 AM 12/8/99 -0600, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >Or, it could be (and I suspect this is the case) that TT wanted
to be
> able
> > >to provide the software to people thinking about the Pegasus so
they
> could
> > >see how it looks on-screen.  They would need to run it without a
Pegasus
> > >and not get lockups or error responses.  (I'm purely guessing
here...)
> > >
> > >     73,  Duane   AC5AA
> >
> > That's easy to do.  The failure mode doesn't have to have any
effect on
> > what the user sees.  All it has to be is an internal flag that
indicates
> > that the radio has failed to respond to a poll.  When the PC does
get a
> > poll response it simply resends all the current settings to the
radio and
> > resets the flag.  At least that's how I think it should work, and
I
> assume
> > that's what TenTec did--somehow forgetting the Attn command.
> >
> > 73, Malcolm WX4YZ
> >
> >
> >
> >
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