Seems like every month or so this request comes up and soon someone will relate the story of how a friend switched from an Orion and really misses the Ten-Tec pod.
I switched from a couple of Omni's nearly three years ago and I still miss it. I wish Elecraft would shamelessly copy the Ten-Tec pod. It has been around for quite a while and has a lot of fans. How about if you could use the keypad to have another bunch of macros at your finger tips? 73, Rick K6LE On 4/23/2012, at 9:26 , Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary, > > True, but add the "other element" - the VFO knob on the "pod". The > advent of spots and other similar would want the advantage of quick and > direct frequency entry not far from the keyboard, but still there is a > need for "fine tuning" by a rotary knob. > > TenTec has long offered its Pod, and IMHO is the design that is to be > duplicated. Yes, it is simplistic - a VFO knob with a bunch of buttons > that can serve either as a numerical keypad or as 10 "PF" buttons. > > That functionality allows one's hand to easily move from the computer > keyboard to the Pod and back to the computer. Certainly computer > keyboard and mouse actions can do the same thing, but there is a strong > contingency of K3 users who would prefer separate (and more analog-like) > controls. > > 73, > Don W3FPR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
