Cool! Glad to see you are up and running. See you on the air! On May 25, 2012 1:40 PM, "MWM" <vnzj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My 1500 arrived rite on schedule yesterday. Once hooked up I found that I > did have to delete and re install the Power SDR software. No problem it > went like a piece of cake. A few minutes of trial an error with some > settings and figuring some things with the interface I was up and running. > All good. Made several contacts rite off the bat and got good reports > from those contacted far and wide. The receiver is really fantastic and it > is going to get a little used to the fact that I just may hear stations > which might not hear the 5 watts but that is just a learning process. > > I started out using the keyboard because I didn't have a cable wired with > the correct tip for my paddle. A little more cumbersome than what I was > used to dealing with but there is that learning curve once again. Today I > wired up the paddle cord with great anticipation.......which was soon > dampened when I started using the Iambic keyer. There appears to be some > sort of latency issue making it hard to control the number of ending dits > on a character. I am used to a self completing keyer with dot dash memory. > Maybe the one in this radio doesn't have all those extras but somehow I > doubt it. > > Other than the keyer issue I am really enjoying my new rig. If anyone > wants to weigh in on the keyer I am all ears. BTW I am showing between > 10%-20% cpu load loafing along and never goes above 20 unless I load a > browser or two in the background. I should think the computer if capable > enough........a 3.4G dual core Dell Inspiron running Win 7 with 4Gb of RAM. > > Thanks to all those who gave input on the software > install.......appreciated. > > 73..........Mark/W8VNZ > _______________________________________________ > 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/
