Well, that many controls on a transceiver makes more sense.  As I remember, 
those rigs were not menu driven, which also accounts for the higher number 
of controls.  If you tallied up all the menu functions on today's radios, 
you'd probably find they have a couple of hundred "controls."

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 09:20
Subject: Re: Old Gear


> Steve,
>
> First, and most importantly, how is Marcia? Is she doing better?
>
> Second, the Ten-Tec Paragon was not just a transmitter; it was a
> transceiver. Yes, again, when I counted all of the controls, buttons and
> switches, it had over 200 different controllable settings. I can't begin 
> to
> remember what they were, but some of the switches had several different
> positions, and I'm counting each position as a controllable setting. There
> were several pre-set frequencies, each of which was a different
> controllable setting. The receiver had several different selectivity and
> sensitivity settings. The transmitter controls included a way of changing
> the audio depending on whether you were in a local, friendly QSO on 75
> meters or trying to punch your way through a DX pile-up on 15 meters. It
> was a great rig, but just too many controls for this limited brain! <lol>
>
> Ron, K8HSY
>
>
> At 11:47 PM 4/26/2013 -0400, you wrote:
>>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)
>>>
>>
> 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)
>