Hello,
Just a short note whilst it is still fresh in my mind(what's left of it). I have just completed nearly 2000 qso's as a single op the WPX contest with the Flex 5000A. I run a small contest previously just to make sure I was familiar with everything. To be fair I did not use the second receiver this time around as I had enough to contend with without it, the point and shoot screen opened up a whole new world for me. The receiver I simply cannot fault, as the say - bloody terrific... Transmit audio - bloody terrific..... The downside, always has to be something - the most annoying detail was when I was running a pileup, logging one after the other at a rate 0f 250p/hr or better you don't remember some of the minor details - log the contact, someone comes up alongside creating a bit of noise, you grab the mouse and hit a narrower filter button, back to the keyboard and start typing - OOPs forgot to bring the mouse back and click on the logging programme again, the radiois taken off into the never never land because what you thought you typed into the logger was actually telling the radio to do something. This little detail is the same of course whether it's the filter, vox button, noise blanker or whatever. Now there is probably actually nothing at all that can be done about it and people will say you just have to be more careful. That's fine to say but I don't contest 7 days a week, so it is not second nature and it is one more step that takes time in a busy environment. Don't get me wrong either, I am not having a whinge. Maybe there is someone real smart out there that can fix it - as the control of the radio is software, one idea was to possibly have a contest mode where the radio is only in the background until you actually physically do an adjustment and then it reverts to the background automatically. I know that sounds back the front to what you would normally want - but in this case as opposed to normal operationI want the logger to be the main focus. I hope someone understands what I am saying and may have a suggestion or two.. All in all the radio performed flawlessly and gets the thumbs up. It's a keeper. Tnx 73 Laurie....VK7ZE PS Neal, if you wish to arrange a sked on PSK one day, I would be happy to try on the long path with that sort of power. Have had SSB qso's with quite a few stations running 50W from indoor/attic antenna on the East coast of USA. Also have used 3 watts to Europe long path on SSB, 18,750 miles. _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/