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Oh man do I love my Flex-5000! Frequently I just monitor areas like the RTTY portions of bands and see who is calling CQ. On 3/30 I got very lucky as J28NC (Djibouti) was calling and no one was coming back to him. Took me a few tries but I got him as did a few others after me.
Zack
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Fall of 2012 has not been a good time in my shack.
First I had to send in my Flex-5000 rig as the 2nd receiver was not working. Now I have a bad hum when TXing on SSB that I cannot isolate after I hooked everything back up. And it is not coming from the headphones as I have a second set and...
Programming software for the FT-2900
The easiest way to program this rig is to get the software for it from RT Systems. I have software from them for my FT-88000 and TH-D71a. It works great and is well worth the price when you start adding repeaters in the rig. Saves a LOT of button pushing. If...
What I did was program all 2/440 repeaters for a 35 mile radius around my QTH (a northern suburb of Detroit) so that I can use any repeaters if I am driving around the area. Using the software is simple enough that it does not take long to do. And I can just let the rig scan to listen to anyone...
I have about 400 memories programmmed in my TH-D72a and FT-8800. The first 100 are local repeaters. The rest are railroads, marine, ham satellites etc. And I find that it really helps a lot to name everything. That way I don't have to remember which memory is for anything. I use RT Systems...
SDR
With a Flex-1500, 3000 or 5000 and one of these you get most of the physical controls that you want. How PowerSDR-UI users set up their DJ Consoles | Contesting & SDR
There are CW memories built into the Flex PSDR software. There is a free software voice keyer too. Untitled Page
No...
If I had $10k to spend I would get;
$3000 SteppIR DB18 yagi, covers 40 - 6M with no gaps. Products | Steppir, Inc – Antennas for Amateur Radio and Industry
$2800 Flex-5000 transceiver FLEX-5000A
I have one of these and it is the best rig I have ever owned. And yeah, I am a Flex fanboy. I...
If you like to name memories the TM-281A only has 100 memories instead of the 200 if you just have it display the frequency. See Kenwood TM-281A Mobile Transceiver TM281. I remember reading the review of the rig in QST and found it weird that Kenwood would do this with a modern rig.
The...
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