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

That's fine, do you want to pay twice as much for a radio? Knobs,
buttons, switches, potentiometers, analog meters, gear- or
string-driven frequency readouts, huge faceplates of finely sculptured
aluminum, etecetera, all cost boucoup money.

On the other hand, a few function switches, encoders and software
devices with an LCD readout is a lot cheaper.

An alternative is to buy old stuff off Ebay -- of course, you'll need
to know how to work on radios if you go that route...

Bob
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