I have seen some negative press lately. Everyone is entitled to opinion and the right to voice it: CW keyer issues, SDR 2.0 performance, etc. I am not looking to discount these comments at all.
What I WILL comment on is the signal processing of the system. The superb performance. I was in the shack tonight, reading some email and BB posts, when I heard a very weak CQ on CW. Something like 339 RST. I was on the hex antenna pointed north (fixed direction), so I switched to the dipole facing E/W at 64 feet, no improvement. Went to the inverted L, no improvement. Went to the multi-band vertical, just a tad better. Narrowed down the bandwidth of the CW filter, turned on noise reduction, and copied YJ0VK. He was calling CQ, nobody answering him. So I put my 100 watts to work. After 3 min, he finally copied my call. In the log! Vanuatu. But the thing is, I was able to HEAR HIM. If not for the Flex SDR system, I would never have heard him on my traditional rigs. Yes, I used the CWX keyboard like I always do for CW. It's a small tradeoff to make in exchange for the amazing receive capabilities of this system. Thanks, Flex! 15 month owner here, and thrilled with the product for what I use it for.weak-signal HF/VHF CW DX. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4...@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com http://wd4elg.net _______________________________________________ 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
