Quite so, and if I could order one of the new QRP 1500s for what they cost in the US rather than what we'll end up paying over here I'd be tempted to get one just to try it out. Most of the issues seem to be a consequence of the software implementation rather than problems with the idea of SDR itself. Installing net frameworks and virtual audio cables - let's face it not all radio enthusiasts are computer wizards and even those of us who are supposed to be knowledgeable are not immune to blue screens of death and the like. And I think the CW latency issues I've read about are due largely to the fact that Windows isn't a realtime OS so you need a powerful CPU and plenty of buffering to ensure that pauses don't occur when the OS is busy doing something else.
If the software side came on a dedicated board with its own processor and OS then you wouldn't have to worry about any of that, except to update the software now and again. But hang on, isn't that more or less what the K3 is, except you get knobs and buttons as well? Arie Kleingeld PA3A-2 wrote: > > > The flex radio's are fine and very good radio's. > > The Flex-radio concept is just different form the Elecraft concept. > > ----- Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/W9OY-on-P3-tp4596769p4598167.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
