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A note of thanks

 

Hi All,
I wanted to give a note of thanks for this group. Especially the ones who actually run the group (and I dont know who they are). Specifically:
1. Thanks to Allan, g4zfq for his vastly informational g4zfqradio site.. wonderful info.. Thanks so very much
2. Roger for his help and nice site and especially nice documents he spent so many hours on. THANKS!
3. Shirley Dulcey KE1L for her always thoughtful and technical comments and direction. THANKS!
4. Bill KU8H his wonderful witty comments and direction. Thanks!
5. Franco iz2oos, neat nice comments and its fun seeing his operation with independent receiver and Transmitters..
6. And to Richard WB5RVZ Who spent countless hours putting together Assembly information on many different softrocks... I cant imagine the time he spent doing this.
7. And to Tony Parks KB9YIG.. the keeper and maker of kits I cannot thank him enough.. for the joy he brings to me through his kits.. ( I just ordered a couple more..)


So many others.. too. I have vastly enjoyed reading and studying and learning from this group. It has been a boon to me and given me many hours of joy and contentment and a place to go when things get pretty bad with home issues and my special needs son. I use the hobby as a refuge and as a distraction when I cannot sleep at night and anytime I need to adjust my thoughts.

Best!
73 N1GMM Guy

Keep on the sunny side!
 

Thanks for the kind words Guy.

Glad to help out. I certainly received lots of help and support here myself during my Softrock journey, and learned a great deal.
Working with the Softrocks and meeting many friendly guys in this group has been a great pleasure. A big cheer of appreciation to Tony for making this possible, supporting us all, and keeping the ship sailing.

73,
Roger

On Jun 29, 2021, at 7:32 AM, Guy Mengel <guy@...> wrote:

Hi All,
I wanted to give a note of thanks for this group. Especially the ones who actually run the group (and I dont know who they are). Specifically:
1. Thanks to Allan, g4zfq for his vastly informational g4zfqradio site.. wonderful info.. Thanks so very much
2. Roger for his help and nice site and especially nice documents he spent so many hours on. THANKS!
3. Shirley Dulcey KE1L for her always thoughtful and technical comments and direction. THANKS!
4. Bill KU8H his wonderful witty comments and direction. Thanks!
5. Franco iz2oos, neat nice comments and its fun seeing his operation with independent receiver and Transmitters..
6. And to Richard WB5RVZ Who spent countless hours putting together Assembly information on many different softrocks... I cant imagine the time he spent doing this.
7. And to Tony Parks KB9YIG.. the keeper and maker of kits I cannot thank him enough.. for the joy he brings to me through his kits.. ( I just ordered a couple more..)


So many others.. too. I have vastly enjoyed reading and studying and learning from this group. It has been a boon to me and given me many hours of joy and contentment and a place to go when things get pretty bad with home issues and my special needs son. I use the hobby as a refuge and as a distraction when I cannot sleep at night and anytime I need to adjust my thoughts.

Best!
73 N1GMM Guy

Keep on the sunny side!
 

On 30/06/2021 00:47, Roger wrote:
A big cheer of appreciation to Tony for making this possible, supporting us all, and keeping the ship sailing.
Definitely!
This group has been rather quiet recently but it's good to see Softrocks still being produced and used. Fundamentally the only real "advantage" the latest SDRs have is wider bandwidth. For single signals Softrocks are still competitive.

73 Alan G4ZFQ
 

I own a bunch of SDR units now. I have three Softrock Ensemble II units
(LF, HF and 144 MHz); a $10 cheap RTL-SDR dongle; an RTL-SDR Blog V3; a
Funcube; and an ADALM-PLUTO. They all have their advantages and
disadvantages.

The Funcube seems to be the best unit for receiving through VHF. It has
exceptional reception in the LF range above 150 kHz and is easy to use. The
Softrocks are also great but a single unit does not have the frequency
coverage of the Funcube.

The ADALM-PLUTO is an interesting unit. It can transmit and receive in the
range of 70 to 6000 MHz. Using SDR Console, I can both transmit and receive
with it. Some of us have added on preamps and power amps and have made
QSO's with it on 1296, 2304, 3456 and 5760 MHz.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:14 AM Alan G4ZFQ <alan4alan@...> wrote:

On 30/06/2021 00:47, Roger wrote:
A big cheer of appreciation to Tony for making this possible, supporting
us all, and keeping the ship sailing.

Definitely!
This group has been rather quiet recently but it's good to see Softrocks
still being produced and used. Fundamentally the only real "advantage"
the latest SDRs have is wider bandwidth. For single signals Softrocks
are still competitive.

73 Alan G4ZFQ
 

Way back when, when I had a lot more $, I had one of the RF Space units for a while.? Can't recall which one, but it could see the entire HF simultaneously.? It was really nice.? I used it to monitor Jupiter radio emissions, which are generally spread spectrum and start with fundamentals around 20 Mhz.? You really have to have a wide band monitor to receive them correctly.

When I was returning to SWL a few months ago, I almost sprang for a KiwiSDR.? It seems to have a similar feature of being able to monitor all of HF at once, but the price was a little too high and the funds had to go elsewhere.

Jon

On 6/30/21 12:23 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
I own a bunch of SDR units now. I have three Softrock Ensemble II units
(LF, HF and 144 MHz); a $10 cheap RTL-SDR dongle; an RTL-SDR Blog V3; a
Funcube; and an ADALM-PLUTO. They all have their advantages and
disadvantages.

The Funcube seems to be the best unit for receiving through VHF. It has
exceptional reception in the LF range above 150 kHz and is easy to use. The
Softrocks are also great but a single unit does not have the frequency
coverage of the Funcube.

The ADALM-PLUTO is an interesting unit. It can transmit and receive in the
range of 70 to 6000 MHz. Using SDR Console, I can both transmit and receive
with it. Some of us have added on preamps and power amps and have made
QSO's with it on 1296, 2304, 3456 and 5760 MHz.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:14 AM Alan G4ZFQ <alan4alan@...> wrote:

On 30/06/2021 00:47, Roger wrote:
A big cheer of appreciation to Tony for making this possible, supporting
us all, and keeping the ship sailing.

Definitely!
This group has been rather quiet recently but it's good to see Softrocks
still being produced and used. Fundamentally the only real "advantage"
the latest SDRs have is wider bandwidth. For single signals Softrocks
are still competitive.

73 Alan G4ZFQ
 

Hi Alan,

As a matter of fact, I have two Softrock receiver kits still in unopened packages that I got for cheap from other hams cleaning out their junque drawers. I have been eyeing them and will probably try to operate them using a digital VFO instead of the xtal control supplied. Still single band but more utility.

73,

Bill KU8H

bark less - wag more

On 6/30/21 12:13 PM, Alan G4ZFQ wrote:
On 30/06/2021 00:47, Roger wrote:
A big cheer of appreciation to Tony for making this possible, supporting us all, and keeping the ship sailing.
Definitely!
This group has been rather quiet recently but it's good to see Softrocks still being produced and used. Fundamentally the only real "advantage" the latest SDRs have is wider bandwidth. For single signals Softrocks are still competitive.

73 Alan G4ZFQ





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