Why point at the map, with the proper control software, your radio now will
tune to the latest cluster spot, and your beam will be on the correct
heading.
Aw, the joy of computer control and the nightmare of a lockup in the middle
of a contest.
73, Bill kc4atu
FM19ga
From: "Jeff Imel" <jeffimel@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tentec@contesting.com
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ad in AES Catalog...
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:04:05 -0500
<<What they need is a built-in mouse connection and an on-display world map
so that all you had to
do was point at a part of the world, and it would automatically change to a
frequency where the DX you wanted was on the air.>>
Richard, that is the funniest thing I have read all day! You made me spit
my Coke all over my keyboard! I am still laughing!
73
Jeff
KB9ZUR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Donovan" <n5xm@alltel.net>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:18 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Ad in AES Catalog...
> With anticipation, I opened the newest AES catalog, knowing it would
be
the
> same old stuff with higher prices, and by darn if there wasn't a 2 page
inside
> cover ad for the high zoot IC-7800. This was the first time I'd
actually
> taken the time to look at the rig, and it's the busiest looking thing
I've
> ever seen in ANY kind of electronic gear.
> About 1330 today, I worked a JA who was using one, and with the
lousy
band
> condx, there wasn't much to say except I logged him. Anyway, I pulled
out
the
> catalog again to give the ad a real close inspection, and that sucker
has
125!
> controls on the front panel. Unless I've counted incorrectly, my Orion
is
a
> veritable desert at only 72 controls on the front panel.
> I'm sure the 7800 is a wonderful platform, but where does this
stuff
> stop? Yaesu will soon have their DX 9,000,000 out, so what happens
next?
The
> Ten Tec Uranus? I'll happily keep my Orion, thank you. What they need
is
a
> built-in mouse connection and an on-display world map so that all you
had
to
> do was point at a part of the world, and it would automatically change
to
a
> frequency where the DX you wanted was on the air. I'm gonna have to
polish up
> my crystal ball, I guess. n5xm
>
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