Or, the extreme re-designers should get together and start their own company
and design (from scratch) a rig and sell it at a good price.
----- Original Message -----
From: "NJ0IP" <Rick@DJ0IP.de>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 05:42
Subject: RE: [TenTec] Ten Tec rig I'd like to have.
> I do NOT agree and don't want a radio full of buses and plug-ins... at
least
> not for my main contest or dx rig. (On the side, I'll take one of those
> radios with PCI too, but make it PCI-x - 64-bit).
>
> Ten-Tec has multiple product lines and it is great if users want and
Ten-Tec
> builds such an open I/O rig, but I think "this" thread originally started
> out saying "give us a best of breed, simple radio that has a single
receiver
> matching the Orion's performance". Let's please not change that. If you
> want another radio, ask for it, but please don't screw up our request for
a
> "KISS" radio. A slightly more modern Omni VI will do just fine (for
ours).
> Thanks.
>
> Another brief description of what I'm looking for is a Ten-Tec alternative
> to the K2 when contemplating which rig to take on a portable contest- or
DX-
> pedition. It should have great basic functionality, be larger than the K2
> for better ergonomics, yet small enough to fit in a (carry-on) travel bag,
> and for a reasonable price.
>
> 73
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Duane - N9DG
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 7:12 AM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TenTec] Ten Tec rig I'd like to have.
>
> --- Barry N1EU <n1eu@netscape.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> My second pipe dream would be
> > for it to feature an intentionally pluggable/upgradeable
> > architecture that will accept future faster CPU's and DSP
> > processors.
> >
> > 73 & H2K5,
> > Barry N1EU
>
> That "plug in" architecture would be called the PC PCI bus
> that's already here. In fact there are hundreds of millions
> of devices already using it, just not many radios (yet) ;).
>
> This weekend I have been playing around some more with the
> Flex radio SDR-1000, all in all a very impressive performing
> RX. It handily outperforms the Pegasus in most respects.
>
> Have also been playing around with the Time Machine and LO1
> boards from Expanded Spectrum Systems. Just feed the board a
> LO signal from my signal generator and a antenna lead then
> feed its I/Q output to a sound card, then run SDRadio from
> I2PHD and viola,... instant SDR RX :). The RX is complete
> with 48 kHz panadapter nearly infinitely adjustable IF filter
> bandwidths and PBT. I'm sure it is a bit limited in dynamic
> range performance but sure is tons of fun to experiment with.
> Haven't had this much fun with new piece of radio gear since
> I bought the first Pegasus.
>
> I really wish Ten Tec would start designing radios built
> around the ubiquitous PC PCI bus. It is a relatively easy and
> very economical way to have lots of CPU power for control and
> graphical displays plus it is a natural for building SDR
> radio without all of the limitations of the typical embedded
> processor like the Dragon Ball.
>
> Duane
> N9DG
>
>
>
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