EricJ

#133

Today was like Christmas. The two SR-40s and a Griffin
PowerMate showed up today. No time to build
today...that will be for tomorrow, but I did have a
chance to set up the PowerMate with the PowerSDR
software. Very easy setup using the instructions at
www.flex-radio.com under Downloads. In fact all their
manuals seem to be first rate so far.

I set mine up a little different than the instructions
for selecting VFO Step. 

When you turn the knob, it tunes the VFO. 
When you click and turn the knob, it changes the VFO
step size. 

Let up and you are back to tuning the VFO at the new
step size. A VERY natural feeling action made even
better by the very high quality "feel" of the PM.

I played with the PowerMate using the *.wav files that
Bill made available earlier. It doesn't do anything
you can't already do with a wheel mouse. But it SURE
does it smoother. What a beautiful piece of equipment.
Tuning is like a REAL receiver now. hi. Can't wait to
get one of the sr-40s going tomorrow.

Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com


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Stan Rife

#134

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??? I may have to get one of those, Eric. Sounds like a neat feature.

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Stan Rife
W5EWA
Houston, TX
K2 S/N 4216
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-----Original Message-----
From: softrock40@... [mailto:softrock40@...] On Behalf Of EricJ
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:05 AM
To: softrock40@...
Subject: Re: [softrock40] Griffin PowerMate

Today was like Christmas. The two SR-40s and a Griffin PowerMate showed up today. No time to build today...that will be for tomorrow, but I did have a chance to set up the PowerMate with the PowerSDR software. Very easy setup using the instructions at www.flex-radio.com under Downloads. In fact all their manuals seem to be first rate so far. I set mine up a little different than the instructions for selecting VFO Step. When you turn the knob, it tunes the VFO. When you click and turn the knob, it changes the VFO step size. Let up and you are back to tuning the VFO at the new step size. A VERY natural feeling action made even better by the very high quality "feel" of the PM. I played with the PowerMate using the *.wav files that Bill made available earlier. It doesn't do anything you can't already do with a wheel mouse. But it SURE does it smoother. What a beautiful piece of equipment. Tuning is like a REAL receiver now. hi. Can't wait to get one of the sr-40s going tomorrow. Eric KE6US www.ke6us.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

Bill Tracey

#135

If you're looking for a knob device to go with PowerSDR you may also want to take a look at the Shuttle Pro -- 
 .  A bit more expensive, and not quite as solid feeling as the Griffin PowerMate but a bit more capable with the extra buttons on it.  I've got both of them and prefer the Shuttle..  YMMV

Regards,

Bill (kld5tfd)

EricJ

#136

If the Shuttle had the nice big ole RADIO knob on it,
I might have gone for it. But for me, there have to be
some concessions to tradition here and the Shuttle
looked too much like a video gamers device to me and
not enough like radio equipment.

Obviously both products have appeal for flex-radio to
support them. It really is a personal choice.

Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com

--- Bill Tracey <kd5tfd@...> wrote:

If you're looking for a knob device to go with
PowerSDR you may also want 
to take a look at the Shuttle Pro -- 
 .  A bit
more expensive, and not 
quite as solid feeling as the Griffin PowerMate but
a bit more capable with 
the extra buttons on it.  I've got both of them and
prefer the Shuttle..  YMMV

Regards,

Bill (kld5tfd) 




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