Hmmmmmmm..... I have had the F3K for about 14 months now. I took it with me to Bequia last January, where I operated as J8K2CM. I used the version of PSDR that came with the radio. The laptop was a dual core Dell....about 3 years old.
I worked only CW on 40 meters because the noise level in the phone portion of 40, and all portions of 20 meters made those bands unusuable. Apparently there was a problem with the power line that was about 100 feet from the antenna. I didn't have any problems with CW at all on 40 meters. I was even able to handle the pileups! Was able to separate the stations that were just 25-30HZ apart. Exciting! The main purpose of the trip was scuba diving, so I worked CW in the evenings. Made over 300 CW contacts and 2 phone contacts when I had time to operate. I also have an F5K that I used up until October 2010 when I moved to a temporary apartment and had to take the station down. I used the latest beta version available at that time. I did experience some character delays with the beta; but, was able to adjust the sampling rate and buffer sizes to eliminate the problem. Am sorry that your F3K is sitting on the shelf. If you are really frustrated, let us know and maybe one of us can horsetrade for a rig that we no longer use. (I have an FT857D in the box. Was going to take the 857 to J8 land; but, couldn't get sufficient CW separation to handle the pileups.) The temperature is supposed to reach 50F this weekend, so expect to get an antenna up at our new house in Vestal, NY and be back on the air with the F3K and F5K. Oh yes, I do have a complaint about the new PSDR. The screens that come with the beta are terrible. Tough on my eyes, so I created my own graphics for the areas that bothered me. (Yes, we've been thru this subject before....its no longer an issue with me.) George K2CM ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of TheVillageHam [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:10 PM To: Robert McGwier Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flexedge Digest, Vol 20, Issue 14 New radio AGAIN?! I've not had a radio since I bought the F3K, it's spent 18 months on the shelf not being used because CW doesn't work! I think you need to get your facts straight before you start shouting at me OM. On 15/02/11 19:58, Robert McGwier wrote: > The improvement in CW in this test code is so remarkable that again, > you are reminded, the radio gets better with each new software > release and sometimes in revolutionary ways. Some of our harshest CW > critics are the friends doing the testing and are using the internal > keyer in this new code and calling it "perfect". Let the CW team work > out the last gotchas or settings, modes, etc. misunderstandings and > you too will get a new radio... AGAIN. > > Bob > N4HY > > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
