On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Alfred Green <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/18/2011 4:13 PM, William H. Fite wrote: > >> Well....kinda nice to do both, don't you think? >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Alfred Green <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I don't get it. >> You have one of the best weak-signal radios on the planet and you >> are using it for ... REPEATERS? >> CTCSS - phooey! >> >> Not really. I have a dual-band FM rig in the shack that may get turned on > once a month to find one of the locals. It cost a fraction of the price of > the VU upgrade. The capabilities of the FLEX are completely wasted. >
OTOH, if you have no FM rig in the shack and you are going to get the VU5K, why not use that for FM if it will do that? I agree that it is probably a waste to get the VU5K just for FM but if FM is its secondary purpose ... -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
