Re: Kachina review:
Thanks to all who offered useful information after my earlier post,
and I certainly did not intend to trigger a discussion about the merits
of computers that look like radios. My apologies for inadvertantly starting
that strand of this thread.
Yes, I have looked at the Kachina website, yes, I do have the QST review,
and some other reviews.
And yes, I was only hoping for some informed comment from people who
were able to make comparisons.
For what it's worth, I found the receiver, filters, SSB quality etc excellent,
the interface became fairly intuitive (but then I use PCs all day).
But the QSK is deficient, and I repeat that I found the "live CW" option
(morse keyboard) sends "Farnsworth" morse - or mine did. I was
hoping for some comments on that. I too, will stick to radios with knobs.
Again, thanks to all who helped. May the bands rise again so that I can
hear you all on the bottom of 20 from ZL
73, Gary ZL1AN
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