Hi William:
I bought a Kachina 505DSP last year for the sole purpose of remote control
operation. I can't put up any antennas at my home qth, but using the 505DSP,
I'm able to use stacked yagis and make lots of dx qso's that I otherwise could
not make.
If I could put the antennas up at my home, I would stick with a traditional
radio. The reason being the Kachina is still lacking in the contest/general
logging support, which will come in the near future.
I have a web page at http://www.tcac.net/~rthorne/index.html which shows a few
pictures of my remote set up.
William Lee wrote:
> What is it with the Amaueur Radio manufactures who think that controling a
> $2500 radio with a $1200 computer is all that wonderful?
>
> The graphic interface looks and works just like a real radio....
> OH.. HOW CLEVER....
> so does my real RADIO!
> and without waiting for a boot-up.
>
> Do I really need 10,000 memorys ( I have a bunch now... a new one with each
> turn of the dial).
>
> What is the great advantage?
>
> My computer prints out a great looking grocery list but it is a lot less
> time to make one up with a pen and paper.
>
> Is it a fad or what? ... I just dont get it.
>
> William Lee N5WRX
>
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Richard Thorne - N5ZC (Ex. KA2DSY, N2BHP, WB5M)
Amarillo, TX
Web Page: http://www.tcac.net/~rthorne/index.html
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