[AMRadio] Have you ever tried SDR?

[Bob Macklin]

And my BOATANCHORS help heat my RETIREMENT CLOSET in the winter!

I am thinking a SDR may reduce the heat in the summer!

I really do hate modern radios with small displays and multiple function 
buttons. I have to keep the manuals near them for reference. And then they 
are still hard to use.

With the exception of my Kenwood TS-520 all the other RICEBOXES are VHF FM 
units. And they do serve their purpose.

I don't need a book for the TS-520.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W. Harris" <nbcblue at hotmail.com>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Have you ever tried SDR?


> 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
>
>
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