"Markeau" wrote:

Anyboy have real-world experience with any of the PC-based receivers,
such as the Winradio 1500/3000 series and the ICOM PCR1000 ?

Not those, but as previously mentioned, the Ten-Tex RX-320 has a great
rep and probably is the most bang-for-the-buck available these days.

I have the Winradio G303i and it is spectacularly good. It's missing
a couple of features found on many radios but it (especially in the
"pro demodulator" variant) can't be beat.

The new G303e (external, USB or serial) should be as good or nearly as
good.

The G313i is supposed to be a leap of performance over the '303's but
it is double the price.

The rest of the Winradios are mediocre performers on HF -- much better
scanners. The PCR1000 is also lacking and has a couple of design
flaws that I, as a software engineer, find utterly unacceptable. (No
error checking on the messages and mere line noise can adjust the
alignment of the radio. Furthermore the message protocol is
proprietary but has been reverse-engineered. It is NOT CI-V.)


--
Eric F. Richards,
"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:29:23 -0700, Eric F. Richards
wrote:

"Markeau" wrote:

Anyboy have real-world experience with any of the PC-based receivers,
such as the Winradio 1500/3000 series and the ICOM PCR1000 ?

Not those, but as previously mentioned, the Ten-Tex RX-320 has a great
rep and probably is the most bang-for-the-buck available these days.

I have the Winradio G303i and it is spectacularly good. It's missing
a couple of features found on many radios but it (especially in the
"pro demodulator" variant) can't be beat.

The new G303e (external, USB or serial) should be as good or nearly as
good.

The G313i is supposed to be a leap of performance over the '303's but
it is double the price.

I bought the G313i and never looked back. Considering the performance
and the features, I'd go as far as say that this is currently the best
HF radio on the market. (Not just in terms of PC radios - *any* HF
radios.) The G303 is also fantastic, but the G313 is still a class
higher.

John