I once had an HW12 which was hard to keep on air cuz the bias kept changing.
But it was first ssb rig for me. 

Barb K1EIR
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of COLLEEN ROTH
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 1:16 PM
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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]>
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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)
> >