[TenTec] OT: Rob Sherwood's impression of the FLEX 6x00

[K8JHR]

Good post, Rick.  Your statement about speculation here matches mine.

So...

My friend is looking for a "station monitor" - he wants an old Kenwood 
model, but said he would take a good shape Heathkit model if necessary.



	So...   what is the current day cheapest,
	yet effective, station monitor one could use.

	And what would he do with data that suggests
	his station is transmitting wider than it
	should?


Maybe an SDR dongle or FiFi-SDR type unit with good software showing 
high resolution and a sound card with high sampling rates?  Or  maybe 
one of those inexpensive (sometimes free) software oscilloscopes?  Or a 
USB-based oscilloscope?  Or should one bite for a 100MHz Rigol or 
Tektronix type scopes?

Or is some OTHER device more suited to the task?

A friend came over with a $40,000 device that produces a tone and is 
supposed to scope out what it sees, hears, etc., to test whether or not 
my old Kenwood R-2000 receiver tunes on frequency or is the display off. 
  Unfortunately, I don't think he was working it right, even though he 
gave it a clean bill of health.  But, I certainly cannot afford one of 
those in any case!

So... what would the well-intentioned, yet moderately impecunious ham DO 
in this case?

AND... what would he DO in case it appeared his station was shooting 
wide of the mark?

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