I agree with you guys, the Flex is something else. I do use my other rigs for antenna tune up but thats about it. I got this thing at Dayton this spring and it has been a blast, its not exactly plug and play but when you get it going--! I feel blind with out the display anymore. W8XO
Charles Greene wrote: >Hi, > >I haven't used an ordinary radio since field day. I have an Omni-VI, >a couple of K2s, an IC 706 and three lesser transceivers but use the >SDR-1000 except for portable/mobile. I think I will unload most of >them this winter and just keep a portable rig and the SDR-1000. I >did have a K2 sitting beside the SDR-1000 and operated SO2R, but it >was just a novelty to show I could do it. > >The on-air performance leaves little to be desired for the average >operator. I was looking at the IC-7800, Orion II and Yaesu-2000 >today, and I thought what a lot of hardware to get what the SDR-1000 >is starting to approach. It has some annoying hardware limitations >so it will never be in the same class as the fore mentioned rigs, but >it is good enough for me. > >73, Chas W1CG > >At 06:10 PM 9/21/2006, Gerald Capodieci wrote: > > >>It has been my only radio for over 2 months. I've connected to an >>AL-82 and have had glowing signal and audio reports from all over >>the country on 40 and 75 mtrs. Except for the CPU locking while >>using Noise Gate, this is the best radio station I have ever used or >>heard of being used. My concern is that the Reflector only carries >>questions as to how to make the radio work and none related to >>improving it's on-the-air performance. Hence the question, is anyone >>else using the SDR as their primary radio? >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: >>/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060921/ea60c864/attachment.html >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>FlexRadio mailing list >>FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >>Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >FlexRadio mailing list >FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com