[ICOM] HRD-what is the attraction?

[John Geiger]

Did Icom ever make a tube rig?

73s John AA5JG


--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Paul Manuel <k4pdm at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Paul Manuel <k4pdm at yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] HRD-what is the attraction?
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 11:58 AM
> --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Larry <w3oz at msn.com> wrote:
> "When you want to do something, you have to get out
> the book and look up
> maybe 2 or 3 different menus to get the rig to do something
> we seldom or
> have never done. With HRD you can have a button or slider
> to do just about
> anything the software in the radio can do with a click of
> the mouse. That is
> much better than dragging out the manual looking it up in
> the index and then
> trying to figure out what to do, and maybe mess something
> else up. If you
> are against computers I suggest you stick with an older
> tube rig, as most
> new rigs are really computers with RF unit in them and the
> trend is not
> going to stop. 
> 
> Human intellectual and technological progress is not going
> to stop any time
> soon. Either get on the bus or get a ticket to the nursing
> home. I am not
> responding to any one person on this thread, but just a
> general comment, so
> don't take offense to my comments please."
> 
> 
> One of the best things about ham radio is the fact that I
> can indeed take my glowing tube rig and communicate with you
> while you sit behing a computer screen. Some people enjoy
> sailboating and I suppose they should buy a boat with an
> Evinrude or go to the nursing home. 
> 
> The wide spectrum of equipment and operating styles is a
> very appealing factor in ham radio and I hate to see that
> change.
> 
> As far as getting out the book to work a menu, that is part
> of learning and using the radio, which still matters to a
> lot of us.
> 
> To each his own, I say. 
> 
> To get this back to an ICOM topic, I've owned about
> fifteen ICOMs and none of them had tubes! But they all had
> knobs and switches.
> 
> 73, Paul K4PDM
> 
> 
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