Re: [digitalradio] Universal M-8000--Dinosaur in Today's World?
Wayner: An M-8000 is worth more than $100. If you don't want to buy it, ask him if he will sell it to me! Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html - Original Message - From: wayner rueg...@insightbb.com To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 11:06 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Universal M-8000--Dinosaur in Today's World? I have a chance to buy a Universal M-8000 decoder from a friend for $100. Is it worth it, or do todays digital software blow it out of the water? (DM 780, MultiPsk, etc?) I am a SWL who has a NRD-535D hooked into a RF Systems DX-One and a Wellbrook 1530 loop, and I just got started with digital modes. I presently use DM 780, MultiPsk, FLdigi. From looking at the info, it looks like the M-8000 has a lot of modes that are not used anymore according to the spec sheets. I am a new member of this group, and am trying to learn all I can about digital modes. I live in Southern Indiana, and my main interests are Maritime listening and trying to decode digital signals. Thanks for any input you might have. Wayner
[digitalradio] Universal M-8000--Dinosaur in Today's World?
I have a chance to buy a Universal M-8000 decoder from a friend for $100. Is it worth it, or do todays digital software blow it out of the water? (DM 780, MultiPsk, etc?) I am a SWL who has a NRD-535D hooked into a RF Systems DX-One and a Wellbrook 1530 loop, and I just got started with digital modes. I presently use DM 780, MultiPsk, FLdigi. From looking at the info, it looks like the M-8000 has a lot of modes that are not used anymore according to the spec sheets. I am a new member of this group, and am trying to learn all I can about digital modes. I live in Southern Indiana, and my main interests are Maritime listening and trying to decode digital signals. Thanks for any input you might have. Wayner
Re: [digitalradio] Universal M-8000--Dinosaur in Today's World?
True, the M-8000 is old. I would suggest that it buying it or not depends on whether you want to play around with it for what it does still do well: SITOR/AMTOR, CW, WEFAX, GMDSS, PACTOR, and ACARS for example. For most of those you can find free decoders that will cover them, but it is still fun to use. If you happen to have interest in Russian stuff, the Cyrillic feature is neat, but I have to confess to not having used that feature in a decade. Used to be great for Russian CW and RTTY! If you do buy it, hopefully it is one of the later versions, like v7.5; that will have more systems --that aren't used anymore. :-) On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:06 AM, wayner rueg...@insightbb.com wrote: I have a chance to buy a Universal M-8000 decoder from a friend for $100. Is it worth it, . . . Wayner -- Ed Pusey esp...@gmail.com
