Brock;
I bought one of these receivers a year ago to use for LMR signal
strength measurements. It is a very versatile receiver multimode
receiver, It is NOT SDR however, so extracting some digital modes may
require a "discriminator tap" which is well documented on various sites.
As was pointed out, the lack of a serial port on the host computer will
require a USB to serial "dongle-thingy". The biggest complaint by users
is support of USB. That being said, I got mine working, so if you have
any trouble I will give it a shot. Hope my memory serves. I did however
download a whole lot of software and info. I would recommend avoiding
the "BONITO" software that was often bundled with it. Mine just plain
did not like their product and acted in very funny ways. I got worse
than no support, very cryptic people to ask for help. Try the ICOM
software to get it going and then branch out. Beware of any utilities to
back up, retune or modify the firmware.
--
Joe Leikhim
Leikhim and Associates
Communications Consultants
Oviedo, Florida
jleik...@leikhim.com
407-982-0446
WWW.LEIKHIM.COM
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