[AMRadio] Have you ever tried SDR?

[W. Harris]

But I can diddle the knobs and know what they do, I can watch multiple meters and know what they are telling me. If it smokes, I can get it on the work bench, grab the soldering iron and make it work again. That is part of the fun of amateur radio, understanding how it works and the knowledge to fix it if it breaks, and I don't have to know what my frequency is read out to six digits, and if a station is slightly off, I know how to tune him in. 

Bill - K5MIL
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:01 -0400
> From: manualman at juno.com
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Have you ever tried SDR?"
> 
> There are probably many more amateurs who enjoy the virtues of
> plug-and-play and SDR-type radios because it gets them to do what they
> want to do - play radio and make contacts. They have no interest in
> constantly diddling with knobs, watching multiple meters, venting
> periodic smoke, and screwing around at the workbench for endless hours
> trying to make something work for more then an hour. Great AM listening
> and great AM transmitted audio can be had with the majority of these
> modern radios. If your hobby goal in life is to hold a soldering iron in
> your hand for hours every day, more power to you, but I prefer the ease
> of getting on the air quickly and making contacts when ever I want
> without the constant diddling with knobs and meters and smoke.
> 
> Change is good and refreshing; wallowing in how it was back in the "good
> old days" is never a healthy exercise - "you can never really go back and
> repeat the past".
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa