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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
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> Two hundred controls on a transmitter? Why did they need so many?
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> Steve
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> ----- 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
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> >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
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> > 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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