On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:35:45 GMT, (Odd Ball)
wrote:



I just finished looking at the Tentec Orion, and I thought it was
ugly. I did not care for the Icom computer screen radios, or the
Kenwood orange LCD screen radios either. I want real knobs to turn,
real buttons to push, and a real analog meter to look at.
I sit in front of a computer all day at work. I don't want to look
at another computer screen when I get home and turn on my ham radio.
Am I the only one that thinks a radio should look like a radio, and
not an over sized Palm Pilot with a mic jack and a coax connector?

-OB


I don't mind the computer displays, but I don't like having to follow
a menu several levels deep to set the controls I should be able to set
with the knobs. On the Icom 706, my biggest gripe is not being able
to set the display light level without having to turn off the rig
twice.

On the 706, i would much rather the Initial Set menu only set defaults
that will reset when I turn the rig off, but allow all the options be
available while the rig is turned on, if I want to change them.
Occasionally, I want to turn up the display light for a short while.
It makes no sense to me that I have to turn the rig off to turn the
light up so I can read the dial.


--
73 for now
Buck
N4PGW