"Brian Morrison" wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 16:11:43 -0000 gareth wrote:

I/ve been studying the spec of this rig and am surprised at the
degree of provision of facilities, including narrow CW filters at
the outset and the included automatic ATU.

IF DSP, so adding in narrow filters is relatively cost-free.

But, assuming that one has space available for a shack, is it
necessary for everything to be so compact? For example, fiddley
little buttons and knobs?

If controlled via a PC connection then most of the fiddling with menus
can be obviated. Houses are smaller than they were, it's fairly rare
for people to have enough space so radio is just another thing to fit
in the available space.

An advantage of living in an old house? There are many disadvantages, high
heating bills being only one of them.
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