On Sun, 16 May 2004 17:01:31 GMT, "Ken" wrote:

I bought my PCR1000 new for 300, (that's half of what winradio wants for
1550), a new UT-106 for 125. That's a whole lot cheaper than Winradio. Is
Winradio REALLY That much Better? For the price? I'm not knocking it, just
curious? I've been thinking about buying another radio.

Yes, the 1550 is (IMHO) much better than the PCR, but please don't
take my word for it - try them both (as I did). As to the price
difference, well yes, I would not expect them to be the same price -
it's enough just to look closely at the quality of the mechanical
construction and the reason is already obvious there. Plus there is
more of course. I would not expect to buy a Ferrari for the price of a
Ford, even though a Ford would get me from A to B too - but who would
not prefer to drive a Ferrari... :-)

(That silly analogy might not be so silly after all - the 1550 scans
about 3 times faster than the PCR. And even faster with the Signal
Classifier function which is part of the Advanced Digital Suite...)

George



"George Blomfield" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 May 2004 12:03:30 GMT, Dwayne wrote:

In article ,
says...
Just got the Winradio WR-1550e at Dayton Hamvention. It's AWESOME!!!

George

What makes it so awesome? I am getting ready to head down to Dayton when
the weather clears a bit and still dont know what radios to get :/
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I don't know where to start... :-)

The software strikes you first: It looks and feels really
professionally crafted. Heaps of features, fantastic spectrum
analyzer, etc.

I have just downloaded a few of what they call "XRS plugins" from
http://xrs.winradio.com . Heaps of useful functions - for free.

The performance is excellent. The receiver is very sensitive, and a
fast scanner. The mechanical design is robust and elegant. Clear
concise user's manual, and the beautiful packaging is an absolute
overkill. So far, I got more than I expected. I'd give it 5 stars.

BTW I got myself the optional Advanced Digital Suite too,
it has many different analyzers and decoders, and I got a very good
package deal on it... ;-) It will take me some time to get through
all the functions, so far I tried the Advanced Signal Conditioner
which has heaps of graphically adjustable filters. IMHO this feature
alone is well worth the money, but there are many more...

Hope this helps.

George

PS Cold and rainy at Dayton today. Not much joy in the outdoors flee
market!