Have two hats and some money brining to you this afternoon.
> On Jan 7, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Brian KA9EGW <ka9egw@ka9egw.com> wrote:
>
> I have my entire station in [one, for now] 7-foot EIA 19" rack, and
> rack-mount capability is a BIG plus IMHO. I also have big hands...
>
> 73, Brian KA9EGW
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve Berg
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 12:38 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pimp My Eagle
>
> I came very close to buying an Eagle. And, the reasons I didn't have
> largely been covered by Rick. The deciding factor was the lack of keyboard
> frequency entry. Another is that I have large hands, and the front panel
> was a bit crowded. Instead of trying to make microscopic radios, Ten Tec
> might want to look at a past, though unjustly maligned pair of products, the
> Delta II and Argonaut II radios. These units are small, but have most of
> the front panel capabilities of the much larger Omni V and VI units. Using
> a slightly larger front panel on the line of the Argo II on the Eagle Plus
> would go a long way on making these radios a lot more attractive to people
> like me. And the controls on the older units are much more intuitively
> obvious than those on many of their newer products. I rarely had to look
> at the cheat sheet for my Argonaut II, but have to keep the manuals for the
> Omni VII and Argonaut VI within reach. If I want to change the CW speed on
> the Omni VII or Argonaut VI, I have to consult the manual for the sequence
> of adjustments needed to do this. With my older Ten Tec rigs, I adjust a
> knob. I wound up buying an Omni VII, and once I discovered that it offered
> little in the way of increased performance over my Corsair II, it ended up
> on the shelf. The Corsair II does not have keyboard frequency entry, but it
> is so easy to use well.
>
> My Argonaut II is sitting in Ten Tec Service. I'm looking forward to its
> return, fixed.
>
> I am glad that the Argonaut VI is apparently going to be retained. Those are
> a subset of the Eagle, and are one phenomenal little radio!
>
> My $0.02
>
> Steve WA9JML
>
>
>
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