[hpsdr] Using an HPSDR in the Commonwealth Contest

[w3sz]

Since people have started talking about controllers, I will add my 2 
cents worth...

I used the Griffin years ago with my SDR1000 and then with the Flex5000, 
and didn't like its feel, or the fact that it seemed to 'lose its 
connection' and I would have to fiddle around to get the device 
recognized again.

Several years ago I got a Contour Design ShuttlePro, and I really like 
its feel and it has been absolutely solid for me both from a hardware 
standpoint, and from a software standpoint...never once have I had it 
'lose its connection', never once have I had it need to have the driver 
restarted, etc.  It just works.  Always.

http://retail.contourdesign.com/?/products/23

I currently am running it on a MacPro which has VNC connections to 6 
simultaneous PowerSDR sessions running on separate computers running Win 
XP, each controlling a different SDR, and it works flawlessly across the 
VNC for all 6 sessions, and has done so for several years with no 
failures or problems.

I couldn't imagine being without it.  In addition to the 'knob', it has 
14 programmable buttons.

73,
Roger Rehr
W3SZ
http://www.nitehawk.com/w3sz


On 3/11/2012 4:17 PM, ct1izu wrote:
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>> One thing that I did miss was the ability to use a rotary IRT control 
>> in a
>> pile-up - will have to work on using the digital step IRT more before 
>> doing
>> the next contest.
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>
> Check out this for adding all sorts of controls 
> http://www.u-hid.com/home/index.php also see http://www.ultimarc.com/ 
> for more control options.
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> Shel CT1IZU
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