[TenTec] DXbase and the TenTec Orion

Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:12:12 -0400

That's true...

But for years Yaesu/Kenwood has change the commands for the basic stuff
needed for logging programs continuously...

It's much easier to program for Icom, because it basically stays the
same... They just add stuff as time goes by.

But the commands to read/write frequency/mode have been unchanged for
nearly 20 years.... And that and a command manipulate split and perhaps
VFOs are just about all you need for a logging program...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick
> Sent: September 30, 2003 18:45
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] DXbase and the TenTec Orion
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mel" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] DXbase and the TenTec Orion
> 
> 
> > I used to used DXBase... And that sure sounds like Jack ;-)
> >
> > He's right though... Why Yaesu/Kenwood/TenTec keep messing with the 
> > control commands is frustrating for the programmers. 
> Perhaps, now that 
> > TT has created a "new" command structure for the Orion... They will 
> > stick to it for a while.
> 
> I think the reason that all the manufactures "keep messing 
> with the control commands" is the same reason that Bill Gates 
> keeps messing with Windows. The original commands they all 
> used were quite limited in what they would
> do.   The new commands on the Orion can control everything 
> but your wife's
> temper when you are trying to "work a new one" during the dinner hour!
> 
> Dick K8ZTT
> 
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