[digitalradio] Need your help picking HF radio.
Merry Christmas to the Group, I am looking to buy another HF radio for PSK/digital. I am asking what features I look for and why. Next question, what radio offers more bang for the money and why? I would like to buy new but will consider a used one of older model not in current production. Kd7jeh
[digitalradio] Re: Need your help picking HF radio.
The TS2000 has lots of bang for the buck, HF, 2M, 6M, 70 cm, IF DSP. The TS480 has been labeled by some here as the best radio for digital modes. Icom746 Pro has good reviews. Icom 7000 also. Features, I am no expert in this area,but ability to control or at least turn off/on the AGC is important for digital modes. This helps reduce the problems associated with strong nearby signals using digital modes. Ability to easily dial in narrow filters while in USB (not just CW) also helps with digital mode QRM. Andy K3UK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, kd7jeh kd7...@... wrote: Merry Christmas to the Group, I am looking to buy another HF radio for PSK/digital. I am asking what features I look for and why. Next question, what radio offers more bang for the money and why? I would like to buy new but will consider a used one of older model not in current production. Kd7jeh
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hi andy looking forward to a PSKREPORTER/MULTIPSK FOR DUMMIES. any plans ? david/wd4kpd
Re: [digitalradio] Techs on HF digital
On 12/15/2009 12:55 PM, Gary wrote: I thought I'd run something up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes: I would imagine, the license limitations would have to state something like a maximum of 300 baud and 500 Hz bandwidth with a 200 watt power limit. There may be other limitations that might be nice to toss into the mix but this is a starting point for discussion. IIRC the Tech license pool does not include all the questions about RF safety, nor about use of the ALC, etc... I believe the power limit and frequencies HF use by Tech licensed amateurs should be low. Maybe 10-20W power limit, in a few limited frequency ranges (staying away from the most crowded bands). I could see adding 30m digital privileges to Tech, maybe 80m too, but 20, 40 and 15m already have too many people who don't know their what their ALC readout means :) -- All rights reversed.
Re: [digitalradio] Techs on HF digital
I do not understand the instance of 200 or more watts. Most gear made in the past, and even the majority of rigs made today, run 100 watts. Lets keep it to that, or lower, to avoid pushing everyone into thinking they need an amp for digital modes. It becomes a rat race, with the biggest rat wanting the highest power, and then still leaving off those who have neither the money, nor the QTH where an amp could be use . Level the playing field for these guys and dont encourage them to use more power than necessary to make a QSO. Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB All 2 years or more (except Novice). Short stints at: DA/PA/SU/HZ/7X/DU CR9/7Y/KH7/5A/GW/GM/F Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred, I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for those who do. Moderator DXandTALK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk Digital_modes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_modes/?yguid=341090159 - Original Message - From: Rik van Riel To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Cc: Gary Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Techs on HF digital On 12/15/2009 12:55 PM, Gary wrote: I thought I'd run something up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes: I would imagine, the license limitations would have to state something like a maximum of 300 baud and 500 Hz bandwidth with a 200 watt power limit. There may be other limitations that might be nice to toss into the mix but this is a starting point for discussion. IIRC the Tech license pool does not include all the questions about RF safety, nor about use of the ALC, etc... I believe the power limit and frequencies HF use by Tech licensed amateurs should be low. Maybe 10-20W power limit, in a few limited frequency ranges (staying away from the most crowded bands). I could see adding 30m digital privileges to Tech, maybe 80m too, but 20, 40 and 15m already have too many people who don't know their what their ALC readout means :) -- All rights reversed.
[digitalradio] Need your help picking HF radio.
I'd have to go with the Yaesu ft-857D, it does it all with a small footprint, reasonable price and very dependable...73, es merry christmas...Alan
RE: [digitalradio] Re: Need your help picking HF radio.
I'm having more fun on HF than I've ever had before since I bought the Flex-3000 radio. I don't think I can go back to a conventional HF rig. With this much control and display, it's like looking at the HF spectrum out a picture window instead of through a keyhole. http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.aspx?topic=F3k_features I've done PSK, and DRM easily with the 3000. It's not as cheap as some of the other rigs, but LOTS of bang for the buck. You might even think to use the 3000 as your main rig and use the conventional rig for PSK. 73, N1FNE From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:digitalra...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of obrienaj Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 1:04 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Need your help picking HF radio. The TS2000 has lots of bang for the buck, HF, 2M, 6M, 70 cm, IF DSP. The TS480 has been labeled by some here as the best radio for digital modes. Icom746 Pro has good reviews. Icom 7000 also. Features, I am no expert in this area, but ability to control or at least turn off/on the AGC is important for digital modes. This helps reduce the problems associated with strong nearby signals using digital modes. Ability to easily dial in narrow filters while in USB (not just CW) also helps with digital mode QRM. Andy K3UK --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com mailto:digitalradio%40yahoogroups.com , kd7jeh kd7...@... wrote: Merry Christmas to the Group, I am looking to buy another HF radio for PSK/digital. I am asking what features I look for and why. Next question, what radio offers more bang for the money and why? I would like to buy new but will consider a used one of older model not in current production. Kd7jeh No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.430 / Virus Database: 270.14.119/2586 - Release Date: 12/25/09 09:33:00
Re: [digitalradio] Need your help picking HF radio.
I don't know if it's the ultimate or not but I'm very happy with my nearly 1 year old Icom IC-7200. It is fairly compact and has IF level DSP. Probably the nicest digital mode feature though is the radio has it's own sound card circuitry. You connect from your computer to the USB port built into the radio and load the driver. After that the single USB connection carries all of the radio control commands (CIV) and the audio information to and from the rig. Leaves your computer's sound card available for other things. 73, Tim, N9PUZ
Re: [digitalradio] Need your help picking HF radio.
On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 15:46 +, kd7jeh wrote: Merry Christmas to the Group, I am looking to buy another HF radio for PSK/digital. I am asking what features I look for and why. Next question, what radio offers more bang for the money and why? I would like to buy new but will consider a used one of older model not in current production. Definitely consider one with a digital IF section. That gives you the maximum filtering possibilities without buying a bunch of filters. It's great when you can narrow your filter down to 50 hz and pick out a single PSK-31 stream. An added bonus is if the rigs AGC is derived after the digital filtering. I know the IC-746pro can do this and I'm sure there are many more that can, such as the IC-756proIII. It's a huge feature for digital work.
Re: [digitalradio] Need your help picking HF radio.
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:07:39AM -0700, Alan Wilson wrote: I'd have to go with the Yaesu ft-857D, it does it all with a small footprint, reasonable price and very dependable. +1 Make sure it's the 857D, not the base FT-857; some of the base 857s have a problem with runaway oscillation on 6m, as I found out the hard way, but I've never had a problem with my 857D. If you get the optional all-in-1 hand mike, you can control everything on the radio except squelch level with the mike. The FT-857D works very well with Ham Radio Deluxe and with MixW, too. If you are willing to spend a bit more, you can get the FT-897D, bit brother to the FT-857D. The menu system is very similar, it can use that same all-in-1 hand mike, and you can run it through HRD and MixW, too. Both radios use the same programming software, too. Nice rigs. -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mi...@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin
