Hi.

That maybe true, but after having used some of the modern accessible rigs, 
I wouldn't choose to go back to the way things were.  Call me crazy, but I 
like to spend my time working stations, not trying to cope with my rig.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 05:35 AM 4/3/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>John, I agree with you.  A radio without synthesizer can be quite cumbersome
>at first but it can become very usable after some use.  It will take a
>little trial and error but you can use it until you can do better.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.
>
>
> >I don't know if it has it either, but it's something to look in to. If not,
> > really, I find even if you're stuck with nothing, once you get a feel for
> > the radio and the bands, you can come very close to where you want to be.
> > I
> > can honestly, on my 830, after about 5 minutes to get used to it again,
> > put
> > that thing very close to dead on where I want to be and more often than
> > not
> > I can actually do it with out anyone being there to tune in to. It's just
> > a
> > case of practice. I rather have the voice read out or something, but as
> > you
> > learn where the birdies are on the bands, the group that's on all the time
> > playing with audio, the group picking on each other, really it's not
> > impossible to work with the radio and have a good idea where you are on
> > the
> > bands you use most.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rick" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: Computer interface for the Kenwood TS-50.
> >
> >
> >> Hi John, thanks for the idea of putting the lower band edge in a memory.
> >> I will definitely do that.
> >> I don't know if the TS-430 has a signal generator. I didn't see anything
> >> about it in the manual.
> >> I'll check again, I may have over looked it.
> >> Thanks again for your help and 73.
> >
>
>
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