[TenTec] Zeus ZS-1 SDR Transceiver

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

I believe it is and its measured specs are outstanding, BUT its control software is new and not as good as FLEX.
I haven't followed it very closely because it doesn't have any knobs.

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)


-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:12 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Zeus ZS-1 SDR Transceiver

Isn't the ZS-1 direct sampling DDC/DUC?  If so, much better than the 3000.

Agree on the knobs though.  A computer application interface works for computer programs but I want a knobbed front panel for a radio.

73, Barry N1EU


On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 3:23 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at dj0ip.de> wrote:

> Sri Wade, no cigar.
>
> The performance of the Zeus is in the class of the Flex 3000 (upper 
> end of the scale on performance),  W A Y  better than that of the 1500.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wade 
> Staggs
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:11 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Zeus ZS-1 SDR Transceiver
>
> Looks like a rerun of the Flex-1500 to me...... Real Radio's have Knobs....
> At least a few.
>
>
> 73 Wade/KJ4WS
>
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Brian Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It seems very expensive to me.
> >
> > Best regards - Bry Carling
> >
> >
> >
> > > On May 20, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3 at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's non-existent if you read the QST article.
> > >
> > > Carl Moreschi N4PY
> > > 58 Hogwood Rd
> > > Louisburg, NC 27549
> > > www.n4py.com
> > >
> > >> On 5/20/2014 3:45 PM, Barry N1EU wrote:
> > >> How's the QSK?
> > >>
> > >> (this is a Russian SDR, whether or not it's "made in" Germany)
> > >>
> > >> Barry N1EU
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:15 PM, 73 at 73.am<73 at 73.am>  wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Was reading with interest in the June 2014 QST about the Zeus 
> > >>> ZS-1
> > MF/HF
> > >>> SDR Transceiver.  It looks very small with respectable 
> > >>> performance, and made in Germany no less.  Could this be a 
> > >>> metric for a future TenTec product?  Up to 15 watts output seems 
> > >>> to make it a nice fit with the
> > TenTec
> > >>> 418 amplifier.
> > >>>
> > >>> Also noted in the QST review, considerable time was spent 
> > >>> testing the transmitter’s spectral purity stating: “The ZS-1’s 
> > >>> transmitter stands
> > out
> > >>> for the cleanliness of its transmitter signal."
> > >>>
> > >>> Speaking of a tangential TenTec connection; the review also states:
> > “Sold
> > >>> in the US and Canada by Vibroplex, 2906 Tazewell Pike #A2B, 
> > >>> Knoxville,
> > TN…”
> > >>>
> > >>> Vy 73 de Paul
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