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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! |
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![]() wrote in message ... 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! I have owned a PCR 1000 for about 3 months. My listening is fairly casual so I can't address your question with depth of insight in which you ask. I use a discone antenna with a 36 inch whip on top for HF reception. While I'm not a DXer the PCR 1000 is allot of fun to listen to the short wave bands with. I believe that this is a much better HF receiver than given credit. (Note: check out some the Freeware DSP software for processing audio from difficult signals, This is pretty cool stuff, I believe the optional DSP hardware is unnecessary) As for scanning, My listening has been primarily the VHF Marine band. It does an excellent job at this simple task. The control software (talkpcr) allows VOX recording of audio to the hardrive and many handy features such as logging of channel activity and band scope. I would suggest you post your question to the following lists. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR-1000/ or http://qsy.to/pcr/index.html |
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There's also a PCR1000 group on qth.net.
As an aside we have a few more PCR1000 compatible programs on the software page on Strong Signals. 73s and GL...Mike Bruce Robertson wrote: wrote in message ... 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! I have owned a PCR 1000 for about 3 months. My listening is fairly casual so I can't address your question with depth of insight in which you ask. I use a discone antenna with a 36 inch whip on top for HF reception. While I'm not a DXer the PCR 1000 is allot of fun to listen to the short wave bands with. I believe that this is a much better HF receiver than given credit. (Note: check out some the Freeware DSP software for processing audio from difficult signals, This is pretty cool stuff, I believe the optional DSP hardware is unnecessary) As for scanning, My listening has been primarily the VHF Marine band. It does an excellent job at this simple task. The control software (talkpcr) allows VOX recording of audio to the hardrive and many handy features such as logging of channel activity and band scope. I would suggest you post your question to the following lists. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR-1000/ or http://qsy.to/pcr/index.html |
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I've found the PCR-1000 to be a poor choice for AM and SW DXing. The lower
the band... the poorer it performs. It works rather well in the VHF and UHF bands. If you want to hear anything at all on AM and SW, you'll need a good outdoor antenna well away from the computer and receiver. Also, using the PCR-1000 with older computer equipment (especially older monitors) will result in lots of noise hash. Newer computers and monitors are better shielded and affect the PCR-1000 less, but IMO it's still far from "ideal". To sum it up, I buy them when I can get them cheap to make a buck since they have excellent resale value, but I'd never keep one for my personal collection. wrote in message ... 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. |
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... on line, it's a 50-50 split; some love it while others hate it. Love mine - use it everyday would classify as a very heavily RF congested area. I live in Sacramento & do really well, you just need the right antenna. " Thinking of using it DX'ing the AM Broadcast band, anyone have I do really well with AM DX'ing " I do a lot of scanning in the VHF and UHF bands and I'm told It's perfect for v/uhf listening. I scan a lot there too. " On HF I'm seeing comments that it's plagued by lots of RFI from your PC. You just need the right antenna set-up / I had to tweak and play around a little. The ut106 dsp module helps A LOT! It helps to ground properly. The only rfi problems I had didn't come from my computer. They came from outside electrical stuff. Keep the antenna away from powerlines, buildings, ground properly, & if you have a noise problem in a particular band, be sure to use resonate antenna for that band. " I'd like to use it to receive the VHF weather sats - anyone The PCR1000 lacks the sensitivty for serious sat. work, you could do ok with the right antenna / preamp setup. |
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It doesn't seem to help to explain how good the 1000 is. But I guarantee I
wouldn't part with the two that I have. "Ken" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... on line, it's a 50-50 split; some love it while others hate it. Love mine - use it everyday would classify as a very heavily RF congested area. I live in Sacramento & do really well, you just need the right antenna. " Thinking of using it DX'ing the AM Broadcast band, anyone have I do really well with AM DX'ing " I do a lot of scanning in the VHF and UHF bands and I'm told It's perfect for v/uhf listening. I scan a lot there too. " On HF I'm seeing comments that it's plagued by lots of RFI from your PC. You just need the right antenna set-up / I had to tweak and play around a little. The ut106 dsp module helps A LOT! It helps to ground properly. The only rfi problems I had didn't come from my computer. They came from outside electrical stuff. Keep the antenna away from powerlines, buildings, ground properly, & if you have a noise problem in a particular band, be sure to use resonate antenna for that band. " I'd like to use it to receive the VHF weather sats - anyone The PCR1000 lacks the sensitivty for serious sat. work, you could do ok with the right antenna / preamp setup. |
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