I'd rather that many controls than the menus of today.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "COLLEEN ROTH" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Old Gear


> Hi,
> I would never have even considered something with that many controls.
> You would have had to have a Braille List to use that radio.
> That's when good old fashioned braille notes would have come in handy.
> Colleen Roth
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, April 26, 2013 11:47 pm
> Subject: Re: Old Gear
>
>>
>>
>> Two hundred controls on a transmitter?  Why did they need so many?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:01
>> Subject: Re: Old Gear
>>
>>
>> >I think my most favorite rig was the Drake pair, R4b and T4xb. My next 
>> >most
>> > favorite was the Kenwood TS-440. The rigs I was the most disappointed 
>> > in
>> > were the Galaxy V Mark 2, and the Ten-Tec Paragon. The Galaxy V was a 
>> > hot
>> > transceiver when I could keep it on the air, but I was always having
>> > trouble with it. The Paragon was a nice transceiver, but it was just 
>> > too
>> > complicated. As I recall, it had over 200 controls on it, considering 
>> > that
>> > several of the buttons and switches were multiple purpose. Unless I 
>> > used
>> > it
>> > every day, I couldn't remember what all the various buttons and 
>> > switches
>> > did.
>> >
>> > Ron, K8HSY
>> >
>> > Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
>> > Ph: 270-782-9325
>> > Email: [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
>> >
>> > Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
>> > (MMS) Committee
>> >
>> > President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)
>> >