Hi,
You do have a point. At least you can work around controls. Menus are a lot less blind friendly.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
----- Original Message -----
From: John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
,to3 [log in to unmask]
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:15 pm
Subject: Re: Old Gear
>
>
> 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]>
@> @> 1to#c [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)
> >> >
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