Re: [IRCA] Perseus receiver
Hello Mike The PERSEUS is the tops. I think the future is better PERSEUS type receivers. I cannot see manufactures, that don't go this way, still been in business in 2 years! The BIG problem with PERSEUS is finding the time to listen hi! I guess if you have got a dedicated laptop with a 500GB hard drive you can save some Wav. files. You can then spend time scrutinising them in the quiet DX summer months? Barry :-) --- On Mon, 2/11/09, Mike Stonebridge stonb...@abnorth.com wrote: From: Mike Stonebridge stonb...@abnorth.com Subject: [IRCA] Perseus receiver To: IRCA Group irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Monday, 2 November, 2009, 1:36 AM Hi Everyone: Ten days ago I placed an order for a Perseus receiver. Not a sudden decision by any means as I had been thinking of getting one for almost a year. The sudden death of my old Dell computer was the catalyst I needed. It was approaching it's 9th birthday, well past it's best before date and not worth repairing so a replacement suitable for driving a SDR was found. The Perseus arrived here last Friday and I've spent the past two evenings learning something about it. All I can say so far is Wow! this machine is incredible. Yesterday evening I could see many TA's across the whole band, admittedly most of them were just carriers, but to actually see them is beyond belief. Even on the longwave beacons I could actually read the Morse code IDs being transmitted on the screen. Yet months ago when I first read about this waterfall display in the users manual I thought I will never use that and now I'm thinking I will use it all the time. It's gonna take a while before I learn everyt! hing it can do, but it's gonna be a fun time. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Perseus receiver
Hi Everyone: Ten days ago I placed an order for a Perseus receiver. Not a sudden decision by any means as I had been thinking of getting one for almost a year. The sudden death of my old Dell computer was the catalyst I needed. It was approaching it's 9th birthday, well past it's best before date and not worth repairing so a replacement suitable for driving a SDR was found. The Perseus arrived here last Friday and I've spent the past two evenings learning something about it. All I can say so far is Wow! this machine is incredible. Yesterday evening I could see many TA's across the whole band, admittedly most of them were just carriers, but to actually see them is beyond belief. Even on the longwave beacons I could actually read the Morse code IDs being transmitted on the screen. Yet months ago when I first read about this waterfall display in the users manual I thought I will never use that and now I'm thinking I will use it all the time. It's gonna take a while before I learn everyt! hing it can do, but it's gonna be a fun time. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Perseus receiver
Hi, Mike Good to meet you in Albuquerque. I have been very slow in finding an adequate computer to drive the Perseus I've bought but havent' yet connected to anything. I'd be grateful to learn what machine you have replaced the 9-year-old Dell with ... John - Original Message - From: Mike Stonebridgemailto:stonb...@abnorth.com To: IRCA Groupmailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: [IRCA] Perseus receiver Hi Everyone: Ten days ago I placed an order for a Perseus receiver. Not a sudden decision by any means as I had been thinking of getting one for almost a year. The sudden death of my old Dell computer was the catalyst I needed. It was approaching it's 9th birthday, well past it's best before date and not worth repairing so a replacement suitable for driving a SDR was found. The Perseus arrived here last Friday and I've spent the past two evenings learning something about it. All I can say so far is Wow! this machine is incredible. Yesterday evening I could see many TA's across the whole band, admittedly most of them were just carriers, but to actually see them is beyond belief. Even on the longwave beacons I could actually read the Morse code IDs being transmitted on the screen. Yet months ago when I first read about this waterfall display in the users manual I thought I will never use that and now I'm thinking I will use it all the time. It's gonna take a while before I learn ever! yt! hing it can do, but it's gonna be a fun time. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.commailto:IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/ircahttp://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.orghttp://www.ircaonline.org/ To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.commailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Perseus receiver
I recently purchased the Perseus myself and I'm loving every minute of using it. Currently I'm running it on my 6 year old Dell. Haven't recorded anything with it yet and I've found that it runs better if I set the priority in Task Manager to Above Normal for the Perseus it runs smoother. I've also run it off my Acer Netbook (about 6 months old) and it runs like a charm. Keith McGinnis Hingham MA John Callarman wrote: Hi, Mike Good to meet you in Albuquerque. I have been very slow in finding an adequate computer to drive the Perseus I've bought but havent' yet connected to anything. I'd be grateful to learn what machine you have replaced the 9-year-old Dell with ... John - Original Message - From: Mike Stonebridgemailto:stonb...@abnorth.com To: IRCA Groupmailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: [IRCA] Perseus receiver Hi Everyone: Ten days ago I placed an order for a Perseus receiver. Not a sudden decision by any means as I had been thinking of getting one for almost a year. The sudden death of my old Dell computer was the catalyst I needed. It was approaching it's 9th birthday, well past it's best before date and not worth repairing so a replacement suitable for driving a SDR was found. The Perseus arrived here last Friday and I've spent the past two evenings learning something about it. All I can say so far is Wow! this machine is incredible. Yesterday evening I could see many TA's across the whole band, admittedly most of them were just carriers, but to actually see them is beyond belief. Even on the longwave beacons I could actually read the Morse code IDs being transmitted on the screen. Yet months ago when I first read about this waterfall display in the users manual I thought I will never use that and now I'm thinking I will use it all the time. It's gonna take a while before I learn ev er! yt! hing it can do, but it's gonna be a fun time. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.commailto:IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/ircahttp://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.orghttp://www.ircaonline.org/ To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.commailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Perseus receiver
Congrats Mike!!! ms From: stonb...@abnorth.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:36:57 -0700 Subject: [IRCA] Perseus receiver Hi Everyone: Ten days ago I placed an order for a Perseus receiver. Not a sudden decision by any means as I had been thinking of getting one for almost a year. The sudden death of my old Dell computer was the catalyst I needed. It was approaching it's 9th birthday, well past it's best before date and not worth repairing so a replacement suitable for driving a SDR was found. The Perseus arrived here last Friday and I've spent the past two evenings learning something about it. All I can say so far is Wow! this machine is incredible. Yesterday evening I could see many TA's across the whole band, admittedly most of them were just carriers, but to actually see them is beyond belief. Even on the longwave beacons I could actually read the Morse code IDs being transmitted on the screen. Yet months ago when I first read about this waterfall display in the users manual I thought I will never use that and now I'm thinking I will use it all the time. It's gonna take a while before I learn ever! yt! hing it can do, but it's gonna be a fun time. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com _ Windows 7: It works the way you want. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen2:112009 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Perseus receiver
Mike, I am glad you like it. The receiver is in the back of my mind in the future 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Perseus receiver
Enjoy, Mike! It's certainly changed the hobby for me, and for the better. And, you had TA's last night?It was zero here last night, not even any carriers worth mentioning.Better tonight, with audio on 1134, 1089 (seems to be the Russian), and 1215, along with a fair number of carriers.As Nick mentioned, the best for several days. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Mike Stonebridge wrote: Hi Everyone: Ten days ago I placed an order for a Perseus receiver. Not a sudden decision by any means as I had been thinking of getting one for almost a year. The sudden death of my old Dell computer was the catalyst I needed. It was approaching it's 9th birthday, well past it's best before date and not worth repairing so a replacement suitable for driving a SDR was found. The Perseus arrived here last Friday and I've spent the past two evenings learning something about it. All I can say so far is Wow! this machine is incredible. Yesterday evening I could see many TA's across the whole band, admittedly most of them were just carriers, but to actually see them is beyond belief. Even on the longwave beacons I could actually read the Morse code IDs being transmitted on the screen. Yet months ago when I first read about this waterfall display in the users manual I thought I will never use that and now I'm thinking I will use it all the time. It's gonna take a while before I learn every! t! hing it can do, but it's gonna be a fun time. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Perseus receiver
Enjoy, Mike! It's certainly changed the hobby for me, and for the better. Thanks Nigel I will, tho it might take a while to learn everything about it. And, you had TA's last night?It was zero here last night, not even any carriers worth mentioning.Better tonight, with audio on 1134, 1089 (seems to be the Russian), and 1215, along with a fair number of carriers. As Nick mentioned, the best for several days. Yeah I had a few with fair audio, 1134 and 1575 come to mind. There was also a couple with very faint audio lower down, but not enough to discern language. Plus many carriers. Tonight just carriers noted. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
