Topband: rigs for top band

[Ian Wade]

In message <841848.50172.qm at web36204.mail.mud.yahoo.com>, steve d 
<kc8qvo at yahoo.com> writes
>Hi All, I figured I would ask the group what they thought of a few rigs.
>
>  First: do any of you have experience with the FT-2000? How about the 
>FT-2000 with the Mu-tune units?
>
>  Next: the Ten Tec Orion II. I have heard this is the  king of low 
>band operating. However, a friend of mine had either the I or II (cant 
>remember now) and sent it back because it was too complicated.
>
>  Any thoughts from those that have used either, or both and can 
>compare?  The FT-2000 seems like the most economical route at about 
>$2500, but  once you factor in the Mu-tune units youre right up to 
>about what the  Orion costs out of the box.
>

Steve,

Have you considered the software defined radios, like the new 
Flex-5000A, or the older SDR-1000?

http://www.flex-radio.com/

Cost-wise they compare well with the top-of-the-range legacy radios like 
the 2000 and Ten Tec, but performance-wise they well exceed those 
radios, and changing/updating the DSP is simply a matter of downloading 
new software. SDRs are future-proof -- once you have an SDR, you never 
need to buy hardware again.

-- 
73
Ian, G3NRW

Using a SoftRock SDR on 30m: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/softrock40