[AMRadio] Have you ever tried SDR?

[rbethman]

The only thing that I can say?

AMEN Brother!

I don't have to pray that some little tiny box and a piece of software 
coughs up a hairball!

Software is ALWAYS out on the *bleeding* edge, meaning that it has all 
the "latest" that REALLY hasn't had adequate testing, integration, and 
vetting through adequate use.

I worked in a software lab doing just those things.  I spent over 16 
years doing that nonsense!

I have NEVER had an issue of zero beating a split transmitter and 
receiver with the station I'm working, AND the two pieces of gear.

If the other person is a tad off in my receiver, yet he's got my 
transmitter freq dialed in, I can very easily adjust to the conditions 
to the point that the other Op doesn't even know.

We communicate and go with it.

I thoroughly enjoy working on my own gear and maintaining it.  I really 
love to align either the transmitter or the receiver to improve the 
capability.

Going through a DX-60, an SP-600, an HT-32, and the odd SX-101 series 
makes me happy!

Bob - N0DGN

On 6/19/2013 12:24 PM, W. Harris wrote:
> 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