[ICOM] HRD-what is the attraction?

[John Geiger]

Everywhere I see Ham Radio Deluxe being metioned-in email posts, in QST articles, on eham.net, and I have to wonder what is the attraction of it?  I tried computer control a couple of years ago with a Kenwood TS-B2000 and soon grew to hate it.  Tuning around with a mouse was awkward at best.  I like a tuning knob to turn, and other buttons to turn and push. SO what am I missing?  What makes computer control so much better than physical control?  From the attention paid to HRD, it seems that I am the only one who feels this way.

73s John AA5JG