Seeking Comments from Icom PCR1000 Users
 

I'm thinking of purchasing an Icom PCR-1000 and I'd like to reach out
to anyine who has one or has used one. Reviewing the comments I find
on line, it's a 50-50 split; some love it while others hate it.

I live in New Jersey, not far from New York City so I'm in what most
would classify as a very heavily RF congested area.
" Thinking of using it DX'ing the AM Broadcast band, anyone have
any experience in how well it suppresses imtermod from nearby AM
stations?
" I do a lot of scanning in the VHF and UHF bands and I'm told
that the front end is similar to Swiss cheese when you connect it to a
good outdoor antenna. Any comments
" On HF I'm seeing comments that it's plagued by lots of RFI
from your PC.
" I'd like to use it to receive the VHF weather sats - anyone
have any suggestions for software that works well with the PCR-1000
for this task?
My access is often limited to USENET, so I'd appreciate if anyone can
offer any suggestions or comments would respond directly via e-mail.


Many thanks!

schrieb:

I'm thinking of purchasing an Icom PCR-1000 and I'd like to reach out
to anyine who has one or has used one. Reviewing the comments I find
on line, it's a 50-50 split; some love it while others hate it.

Don't buy one if you're focussed on shortwave.
TheTenTec RX-320D will be the much better choice then.

Volker Tonn schrieb:


schrieb:

I'm thinking of purchasing an Icom PCR-1000 and I'd like to reach out
to anyine who has one or has used one. Reviewing the comments I find
on line, it's a 50-50 split; some love it while others hate it.


Don't buy one if you're focussed on shortwave.
TheTenTec RX-320D will be the much better choice then.


PS: Have a look on my comment at 00:09....
Subject line: PC-based receivers any good?

I hear what you are saying.. I already have several "high end"
receivers. I'm looking more for integrating the PC into this. Somehow,
the idea of using a PC to run a receiver never seemed like it would be
a low noise system. I'm more concerned about intermod and overloading.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:32:34 +0100, Volker Tonn
wrote:



Volker Tonn schrieb:


schrieb:

I'm thinking of purchasing an Icom PCR-1000 and I'd like to reach out
to anyine who has one or has used one. Reviewing the comments I find
on line, it's a 50-50 split; some love it while others hate it.


Don't buy one if you're focussed on shortwave.
TheTenTec RX-320D will be the much better choice then.


PS: Have a look on my comment at 00:09....
Subject line: PC-based receivers any good?

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 01:18:54 GMT, wrote:

I'm thinking of purchasing an Icom PCR-1000 and I'd like to reach out
to anyine who has one or has used one. Reviewing the comments I find
on line, it's a 50-50 split; some love it while others hate it.


Don't buy it for shortwave only, it's not good enough and you'll be
disappointed. No wide-band scanner can beat a dedicated HF radio.

If you want something simple and cheap, get TenTec 320.
If you want something better get WinRadio 303. If you want the very
best in HF PC radios, get WinRadio 313.

John

schrieb:
I hear what you are saying.. I already have several "high end"
receivers. I'm looking more for integrating the PC into this. Somehow,
the idea of using a PC to run a receiver never seemed like it would be
a low noise system. I'm more concerned about intermod and overloading.


I've never had any noise from my PC.
You just have to do the wireing and grounding correctly :-)
I also have interfaced my NRD-525 to my PC without any noise problems.
I'm sitting in a ground floor appartment with all my antennas in a hughe
attic on 6th floor running some high grade good shielded coax-cables to
my antennas.

If you have some _really_ "high end" receivers they for sure have the
possibility to interface them to a PC. Give it a try. You would be
disappointed on the shortwave performance of the PCR-1000. On VHF/UHF it
performs "OK". But a AOR AR-5000 (or better) is what I want to have for
this one day....
The PCR-1000 is not a bad value for the money -compared to a Sony 2010
plus a VHF/UHF scanner that costs together twice as much as the
PCR-1000- but it's far away from beeing high grade in any aspect.
It's a nice toy to play with occasionally and it gives at least 90% of
the results a couple of high grade receivers can give to you :-)

If you are in signalanalysis and decoding have a look on the Wavecom
products. These are working on every RX with a line/ speaker output and/
or IF-output. Here is a link:
http://www.wavecom.ch/HTML/w51pc.htm

My equipment:

(T)RX:
NRD-525 with serial interface
PCR-1000 without UT-106 DSP
Yaesu FT50-R TRX 2mtr and 70cm with extended RX
President "George" TRX 11/10mtr AM/ FM/ SSB
Sony ICF-2001D (2010)
Albrecht handheld scanner 'AE300' 100Khz-2.060Ghz AM FM SSB no gaps
Loewe Opta 'LO50' stereo radio with valves FM AM LW SW
Trio 9R-59DS

audio:
Datong FL2 analog audio filter (bandpass/ notch/ peak) in series with
Dierking GD 82NF analog audio filter (double bandpass/ notch) in series
with a Kenwood HiFI-amp with integrated equalizer,
feeding AKG 'K-240Monitor' headphones and/or hifi-speakers

antennas:
Magnetic loop 18-31Mhz remote tuning (TX more than 300 watts)
Discone (Diamond) 25-1300Mhz
1/4 wave vertical for 10/11 mtr.
FD-antenna 40.5mtr/ 135 ft
FD-antenna 13.8mtr/ 44 ft
rain gutter areal app. 150 mtr/ 495 ft
Yaesu FRT7700 preselector
Yaesu FRA7700 selective active antenna/ modified for selective preamp

....and last but not least a bunch of computers and periphal equipment...