[TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 156, Issue 4

[k8mp at aol.com]

Yikes!!!  350 ms? For most contesters that would be serious dead-air time.

<div><div>Later,
Joe, K8MP

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-----Original Message-----
From: rick at dj0ip.de <Rick at DJ0IP.de>
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment' <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 02:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] TenTec Digest, Vol 156, Issue 4


EXCEPT . . .  for latency and lack of affordable knobs.

Last reviews I saw still had turnaround latency between TX and RX at 350 mS.
If both ops are running SDR, and trying to run full QSK, that's 0.7 seconds.
It's gonna sound like "Chop Phooey" on the air! 

The set of knobs (Maestro) for the lowest cost $2000 Flex Radio (in the
class that interests most of us) is $1200 or so.  OR...the big single knob
from Flex will set you back $200 if you are willing to wait long enough to
get one.

A decent 3rd party set of knobs, such as the Wood Box Radio T-MATE-2
probably has enough knobs for most of us, but it will set you back $300 AND
Flex software won't support it.  You need a 3rd party software (i.e. N4PY
Radio Control Software) to use it with your Flex.  Get it all set up and
working with your WIN7 computer, then upgrade to WIN10 and watch the "real"
fun begin.

Other than that, there's not much wrong with the current crop of SDR
radios... 

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)


-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [<a href="mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com?">mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com</a>] On Behalf Of Kim Elmore
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 2:40 AM

There's absolutely nothing wrong with SDR; I don't fully understand why so
many people complain about it 


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