Your all getting away from his simple question. KISS!!!
Ralph
w8bvh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dukes HiFi" <dukeshifi@comcast.net>
To: "Thisisme Laughing" <thisismelaughing@yahoo.com>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment" <tentec@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@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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