Mike, ...and to stretch the beach analogy another couple of inches... One of the great things about this reflector is that even if you're not the most macho guy on the shore, you won't get sand kicked in your eyes - there are a lot of really helpful folks here that will get you going.
If you have questions that you think are really dumb and don't want to ask the group, feel free to send them to me - if I can't answer them, I'll post them to the group (without your name attached!) Mark "The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen." ~Tommy Smothers -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe - AB1DO Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:00 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Confession Mike, welcome to the club. You are not the only one who only understands a fraction of what is being mailed/said (especially on anything Xylo related). But the great thing is that not understanding the s/w doesn't mean you can't use it. Flex-Radio is very good at that. I have downloaded and run almost every single release since I bought mine. It hasn't broken anything. If I didn't like it, I reverted to a previous release. That's the great thing about this rig. Better still, I can voice what didn't work for me and I get listened to. Larry Loen, especially, is great at that. You are by no means in the minority. Quite the opposite. Given that Flex-Radio has sold (well) over more than a thousand SDRs and that there aren't anywhere near a thousand contributors to either the reflector or teamspeak, you belong to a vast majority. Go ahead, download 1.4.5P8. It won't break anything. As far as I understand, it might not run (that's the bit of the reflector I do understand - user's experiences), but so what. Delete it and just wait for the next version. If it does run, great. You don't want to deal with directx, then don't. I don't - I don't have a whizz bang graphics card and I don't intend to buy one either. My PC's ticking at a lazy 2-6% without, so why should I bother? You don't want to deal with the virtual audio cable, don't. Second sound card works just as well. But the new AGC? Man that's good. Do I understand all the settings for it? Nope. I read VK Phil's document and understand it for a while, but then forget it all a month later. But I'll play with it. In the end your ears (and eyes) are the judge of the end result. Nothing more, nothing less. As for the girls that come with riding the wave? If you don't enjoy the ride, the chicks ain't worth it. So forget them, they just distract. And the ride can be what you want; no need to show off, just have fun. You didn't make a mistake, you got a great rig. In fact you got the only rig that gets better. Thanks for breaking the silence, 73 de Joe - AB1DO >Mike K5NU wrote: > Fellow SDR users, > > I am using version 1.4.4 with my SDR. I have been reading the reflector > for > several months and I must admit that perhaps I have made a mistake. I am > at > somewhat of a loss at this point. I am reluctant to try any further > versions of the software. It seems that my area of expertise is in areas > other than computers and computer programming. Therefore I have very > little > clue as to the meaning of most of the posted messages on the reflector. > Perhaps I am in the minority, or perhaps there may be others who might > benefit from a "translator" of sorts to attempt to put some of the > available > knowledge into a language which might be understood by a person such as I. > At this point in time, I am inclined to "revert" to my comfortable regular > style radios that I have been using for the last 46 years. > > My onboard computer(brain) is running way over the 100% level trying to > comprehend. > > At any rate, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Flexers. > > 73, Mike K5NU _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
