Well, before this topic dies out, I just want to throw my 2 cents in,
and make a request..
I've noticed that most of the radio manufacturers out there are
marketing gimmicks along with their radios to increase sales. I think
the one that tops the list is the new RadShack dual-bander with a
compass inside it, but there's others like how many bits on your dsp
chip, etc etc...
All that's good and well to increase sales, but given a choice, I would
*MUCH* rather have a lower ppm frequency accuracy rating than a compass
or a 128 bit dsp chip. It's just more useful.
Is a lower ppm useful? Certainly..it's easier to maneuver around the
digital bands, with their several hertz deviation..and it's certainly
more useful than a compass...or having clouds in my display background.
But it doesn't make or break the radio.
All I'm saying is if I'm to be bamboozled into buying a rig over a
gimmick, I'd rather have it be something really useful like higher
resolution tuning.
-Dan N7NMD/9W2DU
(currently trying to use a shortwave radio to analyze the IARU
beacons...with +- ~400 Hz leeway..it's a pain)
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