Late 70's - ICOM IC-211 2m all-mode. Counterweighted tuning knob with optical interrupter tuning and a mechanical "band brake" for knob tension. Turn it slowly, and it tunes at the selected tuning speed rate. Spin the knob fast and the band brake releases, the tuning rate increases to maximum for the selected mode, and the counterweighted free-wheeling knob sends the rig rapidly towards the other end of the 4 MHz-wide 2m band. For the time, it was rather cool.
Dan KB5MY > ________________________________________ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Menefee > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:30 AM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: [Flexradio] Automatic Rate Tuning (ART Tuning) > > "Automatic Rate Tuning" Acceleration is a great idea, a pleasure to use > and rather exclusive feature... > > > --- > > It *is* a nifty feature.. so nifty that I think it's been patented. > I'll have to hunt it down, but I seem to recall seeing it a year or two > ago when looking for various "UI knob turning" schemes. > > It's not much different than the varying scroll speeds when you scroll > off the edge of an Excel spreadsheet, for instance. > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
