Jerry Gaffke via groups.io <jgaffke@...> wrote:
If your eyes glaze over when you read that, you probably wouldn't use
them much.
They don't, I just want a clean reception.
For the price, there is nothing comparable to a QMX.
This is true... and it was the winner when I searched for my first CW
radio (probably still is). Well, I had good experience with QDX before.
If you do spend the money on a better radio, the QMX would still be
there for portable use or as a backup.
So... I did. FT-891 is on its way. Mostly because it was my dream for a
long time to have a proper, factory-made radio, I just never wanted to
spend the money.
QMX will stay with me, probably for portable operation (we'll see... 100 W
sounds impressive compared to 5 W, but I don't see myself carrying a car
battery on my back, so for field trips I'll probably still carry the QMX).
I'm reading the manual for FT-891, many features (like the mentioned IF
shift) don't make sense to me yet. I'll probably figure them out and see
if I really need / use them...
One drawback is that FT-891 doesn't expose the virtual sound card the way
QMX does. All this money and I'll still have to make a digi interface and
connect two things to the PC (USB for CAT and external sound card), play
with audio levels, etc. Disappointing. But I guess it's the standard, and
QMX is an exception.
