As a newbie, I had to jump in on this. My SDR-1000 is one whole week old, I too was concerned about the problems reported here on the forum, but decided to go ahead. Wow! 155 CW qso's later, I I can say that this is a fine CW rig too. (I'm a Ten Tec fan, so I know CW) I stay up with the latest SVN releases too. I use an external keyer and use the sidetone from the keyer, although not really necessary. I can use the sidetone from the PC too. The internal keyer is fine too , provided the paddle is connected to the serial port and I follow the recommended settings. Who needs real QSK anyway?
The receiver is phenomenal, the panoramic display makes the panoramic display on my IC-756PROII look useless. When I both hear and see QRM, I just casually reach for the mouse, click and drag on the side of the passband and eliminate the qrm station. The other afternoon when 20 meters was quite hot, I was point and shoot with the mouse to work the DX, one after the other. Can spot a new DX pop up and work him before others even know he is there. Working digital modes is a real treat too. You have to try it. Go ahead and order the SDR-1000, you will be glad you did. Sure, there will be issues to resolve in set-up. This is not a plug and play unit, takes a while to get it going right. The SDR-1000 is a totally different radio experience. I will keep the PROII to impress the neighbors. The SDR-1000 is the main rig now. Still can't get DRM receive software program to work with VAC though. Fun to keep at it, I'll get it. . 73 N3WT John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Ellison Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 9:17 PM To: Gerald Capodieci; FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Is Anyone Using the SDR1000 as Primary Radio I think you are going to get a lot of replies to this one. The SDR-1000 is in the primary operating position. My 756 Pro II is now my backup rig or when 6 meters opens up. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerald Capodieci Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 6:11 PM To: FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Is Anyone Using the SDR1000 as Primary Radio It has been my only radio for over 2 months. I've connected to an AL-82 and have had glowing signal and audio reports from all over the country on 40 and 75 mtrs. Except for the CPU locking while using Noise Gate, this is the best radio station I have ever used or heard of being used. My concern is that the Reflector only carries questions as to how to make the radio work and none related to improving it's on-the-air performance. Hence the question, is anyone else using the SDR as their primary radio? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060921/ea60c864/attach ment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
