eorge,
I DITTO YOUR EXPERIENCE!
As the saying goes...To be ignorant is to be bliss.
Ernest - W4EG
Ps, I love my F5KA-F3K & F1.5K running PDSR
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:20:35 +0000
> CC: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] CW and an F3K sitting on the shelf for 18 months.
>
> 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
> >
> >
>
>
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