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Technical Topics => Equipment => Topic started by: desmoface on February 05, 2013, 1417 UTC
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Anyone have any experience with this new radio?
http://www.commradio.com/
Looks intriguing.
Steve
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I haven't, but they sure set a new standard in UGLY! :-\
Peace!
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Modeled after a deep sea oil derrick. ;)
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Those knobs are way too small for Fansome.
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Big, Ugly with small knobs!
Must be the male version-
::)
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I wonder how much QRM it puts out? >:(
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I wonder how much QRM it puts out? >:(
Hmm, little plastic box with wannabe connectors.... my guess is almost as much as a EL illuminated 19" monitor at least ::)
Peace!
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Performance is Great Who cares what it looks like IT WORKS, so try it first before putting your big foot in your mouth. After all its for Dx'ing and not for a Beauty pageant.
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Performance is Great Who cares what it looks like IT WORKS, so try it first before putting your big foot in your mouth. After all its for Dx'ing and not for a Beauty pageant.
Aesthetics are important. So is quality.
Peace!
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If they add-on a software-control option, or an external numeric keypad I'm in. Having come from the Icom R1500 fine-tuning all the time gets tedious while chasing weak signals. Looks nice from ergonomic standpoint, size, et al but something to direct-key enter a frequency - Software or Hardware, would be pretty nice. Radio Reference forums have a running thread on the software updates cleaning up the bugs on it.
I like the size and sound, but for the money, I'd lean toward the R75 for features before I'd lay out that sort of cash.
It may be "software defined" but not software defined in a user-manageable sense. If that comes around, I'd be intrigued by this one.
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It's a nice small portable radio, quiet [no background hiss]. I used it for about 15 minutes at one of our BAD GUYs [Boston Area DXers] meetings. Speaker is made out of a water resistant material.
I would not want it as my main radio, but for something portable or a back up, it would be
ideal. Maybe a little over priced? And yes, no keyboard, but in the fast tuning rate you can get around
pretty quickly.
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Hi, maybe those with deep pockets would go for one of these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Uhh...5yLfpZyAwPWSdA
just how badly we want to hear a very weak signal amongst the noise ?? this radio transmits as well.
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Hi, seems I can't get the video link put in here..not my fault, maybe you can look things up via You Tube, about the flex 6700. ian.
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Hi, maybe those with deep pockets would go for one of these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Uhh...5yLfpZyAwPWSdA
just how badly we want to hear a very weak signal amongst the noise ?? this radio transmits as well.
Bad link, Herman :(
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For those of you who might be interested, there is a one page review of the radio in the July Pop Comm, page 39
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...and a review on the SWLing Post...with a link to an article in the August MT.
http://swling.com/blog/2013/07/commradio-cr-1-on-sale-500-us-with-internal-battery-option/
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If they add-on a software-control option, or an external numeric keypad I'm in. Having come from the Icom R1500 fine-tuning all the time gets tedious while chasing weak signals. Looks nice from ergonomic standpoint, size, et al but something to direct-key enter a frequency - Software or Hardware, would be pretty nice. Radio Reference forums have a running thread on the software updates cleaning up the bugs on it.
I like the size and sound, but for the money, I'd lean toward the R75 for features before I'd lay out that sort of cash.
It may be "software defined" but not software defined in a user-manageable sense. If that comes around, I'd be intrigued by this one.
Ditto, no computer control option is a deal breaker for me. It's potentially attractive because it distills the Palstar R30-series form factor into a much smaller package (assuming the feet can be detached without interfering with shielding). Maybe version 2.