On 3/8/07, Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
N4PY:
>Or when I change bands everything gets restored to the
last values I had on that band even things like power output settings,
antenna settings, attenuators, preamps, and so on.
Other rigs do much of this...the Elecraft K2 does
the above excluding power if I recall correctly. TT could
easily do the same if they paid just a little more attention
to ergonomics. Unfortunately they either do not care or
simply don't understand. Nearly 4 years after introduction
Orion still does not even identify which of the 4 band stack
registers is selected. I even think I could write firmware
to do that.
I resoundingly agree with the ergonomics sentiments (regrets) of the
Orion. It is SOOO frustrating to change bands and have some utterly
absurd settings get restored from "who knows where". This is
compounded if you use the subreceiver, which typically gets set to a
different mode than the main receiver, leaving you with innumerable
key presses before you can operate. ARGHHHH
I won't even think of using the band stack registers any more. I
change bands by manually entering a new frequency. I change modes via
"USER1" and "USER2".
73,
Barry N1EU
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