Hi All,
Back in the early 70s, I sold all my tube rigs and went solid state
with a Ten Tec 940 Triton IV and I vowed never to have tube rigs in
the shack again. This is still true except for a couple of linear
amps. Now I am contemplating to do the same with analog rigs of
which I have several including the Omni-VI, and go to software
defined radios. This would apply to the shack, as analog rigs still
have a place in portable and mobile operation. I still have the 940
and would probably keep it as a back up. I plan to wait until Flex
Radio comes out with there their top of the line software defined
radio, designed to compete with the Orion, Yaesu FT1K and ICOM
IC7800. I have the SDR-1000 and it keeps getting better all the
time, but there are still some hardware limitations that the
developers have not come up with software work-arounds for.
73, Chas W1CG
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