I have got to say, this is an awesome rig! I have been playing around with it for a week and I am just blown away by it, the settings, and the software available for it. The only problem I've had was with wiring out of the SLUSB and I just gave up and ordered a commercially made cable for it. Hopefully, it will be here by the end of the week. In the meantime, I'm just using my SDR soundcard to work digital.
When I change bands, I hold the TUNE button and hit tune on my Z-100+ and it tunes within a few seconds and gives me my SWR and output power. I have had fun setting the RX and TX equalizers and listening to the different effects and sounds. I am using the EZ K3 software for that as it gives a better visual for me. Speaking of the EZ K3 software, I used it to get SWR plots of all the bands on the radio. I found that I can actually get a decent SWR on 160m on my mystery antenna and 6m on my 10 - 20m hex beam. I love the filtering. I got the 2.7kHz and 500Hz with my radio. After fiddling around with the settings, I realized I can setup the radio to use either filter and that digital modes are better for casual operating with the 2.7kHz. I am using the 500Hz on WINMOR and I had to use it a little because of the contest this past weekend. I'm not much of a contester, but the filters were effective. I'm still playing around with the filtering. Last night, during a net, there was a lot of QRM close by. I took the SHIFT knob and all but dialed out the offending station. I am glad I kept the subreceiver. I am able to listen to two nets (although that takes some getting used to). One net is casual, the other I wait for my county. When I hear them getting close, I can flip from A to B at the push of a button. I could go on and on. I love the radio! Suffice it to say, Wayne and Eric, I am an Elecraft fan! 73, Joel - W4JBB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
