One of the real beautiful thing about this hobby is that there are so many aspects that you can enjoy that it never gets dull. As enthusiatic as I am abt my 5000a (and believe its getting very close to appliance-operator status) it will still not be everyone's cup of tea. Rather than get upset, I say "Right on!" If knobs makes you happy and you get on the air a bunch, turn those suckers. If you prefer PowerSDR (I no longer have any knobs) and are active, Wonderful!
Rather than turn "e-ham nasty", we should appreciate everyone is different and one size never fit all. Its probably a great thing as many people are pushing the boundaries in ways we don't know and will not appreciate until much later! See you on the bands! Neal Campbell K3NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] telnet to our DX Spotting clusters at: dxc.k3nc.com, ports 12001 and 23 "Devoted to Dogs: How to be your dog's best owner" Great Dog Book at www.abrohamneal.com On Oct 13, 2007, at 7:51 PM, Maarten wrote: > I miss the knobs on the Flex radio. On cw I work the key with my > right hand > but cannot operate the mouse with my left hand. With a traditional > radio > this is much easier. > Very often I find myself bumping a slider or worse the VFO with an > inadvertent mouse move. The computer interface with a mouse is very > clunky. > The RIT adjustment is just awful. > Real radio's might need knobs in addition to a computer > interface.At least > for me. I do like my SDR 1000 but do not want to spent the money on > the 5000 > because I miss the knobs and do not like the mouse. > I make more QSO's on my traditional radio with knobs than on the > SDR 1000. I > hope someday a radio would come out with the same great receiver as > the > SDR1000 a powerSDR computer interface and a real world interface with > knobs. Wouldn't it be great if it was made by Flexradio. Oh yes it > has to be > affordable too. > > 73 Maarten N1DZ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Flex Radio" <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 12:49 PM > Subject: [Flexradio] Eham SDR Discussion > > >> There is an interesting discussion on eham called The March of the >> 'Virtual Interface'. http://www.eham.net/articles/17604 >> It is about SDR rigs in general. Lots of fun to read what non-SDR >> owners >> think about the concept. >> I added my Flex story to the thread. >> >> Zack >> N8FNR >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ >> attachments/20071012/5e6351c7/attachment.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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ >> 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ > 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 Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
