![]() flrig and fldigi work on OS X Catalina, Windows 10, and the latest version of Ubuntu - the only cross-platform solution run flrig to initialize and set flidigi to use flrigi as the control - then watch great CW decoding and other data with a nice band scope! I won't get into a discussion of the clunky black box's technical merits, but for my needs have found it to work very well on any desired bands (in fact, better so than even SDR receivers introduced much more recently). Thanks to the generous efforts of open-source programmers, such as the Hamlib, fldigi, and flrig developers, and with a special shout out to KE7ZZ, Paul Lutus, for his work on his java client, JRX, the PCR-1000 still works great 20 years after its introduction! I also have the receiver running off 13V battery power that is solar recharged - the ICOM wall wart for this piece of gear is HUGE (12V 1A) and gets in the way i put a bluetooth transmission dongle on it, and run TightVNC on the attached junkbox laptop - this allows me to control the receiver from any laptop or tablet in the house, and my bluetooth headphones get great reception while in the garage, in the front, back on the patio, living room, kitchen, bedrooms and most important - the throne room ![]() ![]() it currently is hooked up to a 80M OCF dipole, and is used for 2M, NOAA WX, WWV, 40M, BCB AM/FM listening. Picked up a PCR-1000 recently and got to work configuring it for the casa. ![]()
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