I want to kill two birds with one stone on this one:
1. I fully agree with Grant: "Case Modding" is "IN". I want
snow-capped Bavarian mountains on the front of my Orion!
2. I want to fight on the sidetone volume issue. It's funny, we
are doing multiple transceiver presentation next week at the BCC
annual meeting. I'm handling the Orion. One of the guys
handling one of the other rigs (I think the TS-850) has put on
the "Cons" list that it's sidetone is constant and does not track
the volume control. (It is indeed different strokes for
different folks!)
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Grant Youngman
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:11 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Wish the sidetone volume stayed constant
> Anyone want to fight about this idea?
No, not if you'll support my wish list item of decorator "skins"
for the
Orion. This should be a MANDATORY feature of any radio calling
itself "software defined". There's no reason that the Orion
should
be just this boring grayish, blackish, no pizazz color.
The cabinet should be offered in a variety of colors to suit the
mood
and décor of individual radio rooms. There's no reason I can see
why the entire cabinet could not be coated in an electro-photonic
elastomer that changes color depending upon applied voltage.
Were the Orion engineers asleep? Isn't there already an input
bit
on the CPU that is set up for this? Did they just leave out the
diode
to save a penny or two?
I need one Orion in Peach, and a second one in Mauve. But
frankly, it would be better if this were a menu item, so I could
change colors to suit my mood .. and it better be an option that
is
recalled after a power off, too, and I need handy access to the
control option because I'm moody, and need to change colors
often.
Having to push so many buttons with all the complexity in the
menu
interface will make me even more moody, so if you don't do it my
way, I might get moody enough to just have to give my Orion to
the
$&!@$%# Salvation Army ....
This could also be offered in a "two tone" configuration, with
all of
the colors combinations available in the 1956 Chevy Belair.
White
over cream green would certainly be nice, and would greatly
enhance my operating pleasure ... and not having that feature is
ReAlLy MaKiNg ME MOODY!!
The short guy in the white coat says I'll be fine eventually --
just
need a little rest :-(>
<GG> Grant/NQ5T
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