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Old January 23rd 08, 06:41 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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Default Broke down and bought one ...

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John Smith wrote:

After varying success with homebrew SDRs' (software defined radios)
built on PCI breadboards stuck into old PCs', I made the jump into a
commercial one--bit "pricey" though--a little under five grand for the
Flex-5000C ... I am as anxious as a kid waiting his order from the back
of a comic book! (they still do that, don't they?) :-)

Regards,
JS


Mmmmm...given how long I own my radios, and given how quickly pc
hardware improves, I'd probably go for the model that doesn't include
the integrated PC.

Jerry