Tony said: "I don't think the best way to represent the capabilities of Flex gear is to say that its shortcomings are unimportant."
I agree with that entirely. However, it is distressing to hear people accuse the Flex--or any other piece of gear--as having shortcomings when what they mean is that it does not conform entirely to their customary way of operating. But I remind myself that SDR is a very new idea for most hams and it will take folks time to adapt to it. Happy New Year a bit in advance, everyone. Bill On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Tony Estep <estept...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Stu Phillips <s...@ridgelift.com> wrote: > >... Tuning around a pile up trying to hear who is working the DX is much > more > > time consuming when you can use the Pandadaptor (I prefer the Panafall > > myself because of the near history view you get) and simply click.... > ======= > This is true. The pan is an excellent aid. However, you can hook up > NaP3 to just about any radio (including an Orion) via LP-Pan and have > the same thing. In any really juicy pileup, there can be times when > you want to be tuning both the DX and the pileup, and possibly > twiddling shift and/or width, while turning on and off the > split-headphone listening mode. That's when the mouse-click interface > can't do the job. To make the Flex competitive with a good DX radio > equipped with a good panadaptor, it needs the same control flexibility > and power, and the DH2TW interface provides an excellent solution. > This has been pointed out many times, including the recent QST review > of the 1500. > > Note that Larry, who asked the question, is a serious and successful > DXer with 5BDXCC. He has been using a setup that can do all the above. > He'll soon figure out what works for him, but I don't think the best > way to represent the capabilities of Flex gear is to say that its > shortcomings are unimportant. > > Tony KT0NY > > -- > http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
