[TenTec] New Radios in the Future

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

Sorry Carl, you're going to have to explain to me why you need that if you
have a BandMap open, showing you the call signs and frequencies of the
needed multipliers.  

The panadapter shows you blips but you have no idea who they are. 

The BandMap shows you where tens of stations are and also shows you the
status, e.g., whether you have already worked him or not, and whether it is
a single multiplier or a dual multiplier.  You don't get this kind of
information out of a panadapter.

If you are not running in assisted class and don't have a BandMap, then
perhaps there is some value, but over here, 160 thru 20m are full of wall to
wall signals. It might help identify a clear frequency when switching to RUN
instead of S&P but otherwise it will be blanketed with signals. 

We all have our favorite modus of operation and perhaps many enjoy using the
panadapter.  I want to use whatever it takes to maximize my score.  I find
to be the BandMap.

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


-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
Moreschi
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 9:43 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Radios in the Future

If you are in S&P mode in a contest, a panadapter is a great asset to have.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 11/3/2014 3:29 PM, HamOperator wrote:
> Huh... some guys are just never happy... ;-)
>
> -1-
> Seems you can use PowerSDR (or at least HDSDR) with any number of low 
> cost SDR receivers and get that job done at low cost. Anything form 
> the FunCube Dongle for $50, to the German Fifi by FunkAmateur for 
> $100, or an Elad SDR for $300, or any number of $150-$200 solutions, 
> should do the fancy receiver bit on the cheap. Heck, I had great 
> results using a TenTec RX-320 witn NrPY software as a second receiver with
the Omni VII.
> But I don't consider a panadapter all that valuable in a contest 
> setting, anyway. If you look at the gallery of contest shacks on the 
> Elecraft site, there are very few panadapter screens in view. You 
> don't seem to need one with your setup.
>
> -2-
> Now, as for the Eagle's one way step control... I don't see how that 
> could be such a big problem. Are you really missing contacts because 
> the step button only goes one way? Does pressing it three or four 
> times quickly really hold you up? Are you gonna buy a new rig because of
THAT?
> Really?
>
> Remember, if you get a Flex 6300, you are fairly well compelled to 
> have a window dedicated to rig control... and you just rejected that 
> idea without reservation. You won't be able to run the rig with just a 
> Tmate
> - it interfaces with the Flex program or N4PY or SOMETHING... and you 
> just said don't want a rig interface running in the background.
>
> I am not following you on this one...
>
> --------------------------------------K8JHR
> ------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
> On 11/3/2014 5:46 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>> Of course your suggestion works. But it's slow and total overkill.
>>
>> My sole complaint about the Eagle and working with my contest 
>> software is, the VFO "step" button only steps in one direction and my 
>> logging software can't address that.
>> As a result, I often must push the same button 4 times.
>>
>>
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