16 Oct
2000
16 Oct
'00
1:39 p.m.
From: John Lawson <jpl15(a)panix.com>
Off Topic: Shortwave radios. I have gotten hold of
an ICOM PCR-1000,
which is the actual 'radio' parts of a modern full-coverage receiver,
www.icomamerica.com and look in 'recievers' for more info.
I checked on it and by my standards, mostly useless. It would
have to be very quiet to make a ~2uV senstivity useful and it has
no SSB/ISB capability.
Allison
16 Oct
16 Oct
5:19 p.m.
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, ajp166 wrote:
From: John Lawson <jpl15(a)panix.com>
It appears you have left off a '0' in the model number and looked up the
"lite" (read: mostly useless), albeit cheaper, version of the radio.
[PCR-100] The PCR-1000 has all common modes, filters from 500htz ->
500KHtz, and SSB sens [10dB S/N @ 2.8Khtz] from .56uV in the lowest
octaves to .25uV in the UHF ranges; FM [12dB SINAD @ 15KHtz] .5uV down to
.32uV.
Sorry for the off topic (sorta) stuff, folks... but I didn't want
anyone to be put off if they were considering the Icom PCR-1000 as an
addition to their Toys. After a month of using it with a random
long-wire, it is one of the better radios I've owned, and certainly the
finest in the performance-to-size ratio department.
Cheers
John
Off Topic: Shortwave radios. I have gotten hold
of an ICOM PCR-1000,
which is the actual 'radio' parts of a modern full-coverage receiver,
www.icomamerica.com and look in 'recievers' for more info.
I checked on it and by my standards, mostly useless. It would
have to be very quiet to make a ~2uV senstivity useful and it has
no SSB/ISB capability.
Allison 
17 Oct
17 Oct
5:54 a.m.
New subject: PCR 1000
Sorry for the off topic (sorta) stuff, folks... but
I didn't want
anyone to be put off if they were considering the Icom PCR-1000 as an
addition to their Toys. After a month of using it with a random
long-wire, it is one of the better radios I've owned, and certainly the
finest in the performance-to-size ratio department.
I looked at one at the WCES a couple years ago, extremely neat toy, nice to
know it also works. ;) Did you have any problem getting the software for
it, or was that included?
4:09 p.m.
New subject: PCR 1000 [for Mike Ford and Allison]
The PCR-1000 comes with reasonably useful softwarwe from Icom; and can
be used from Win3.1 up (not NT). Several other packages are readily
available, from shareware to expensive commercial products, depends on
what you want the radio for (SWL; scanning; commercial apps). NOte that
like any wide-band reciever, it wants a well-thought-out antenna system
and a good ground.
ObClassiccmp:
Since the radio is operated via RS-232, and the commands are published,
there is no reason why any Vintage Computer could not be taught to run
it. The only caveat is that, for the bandscope (Panadaptor) function, the
baud rate needs to be in the 300K range.
Pricing: The PCR-1000 has a street price of around $500, and the add-in
DSP module is another $150. YMMV. As I said, eminently useable software is
bundled (on floppies). I most highly recommend the DSP option for those
interested in SWL and DX work; it has pulled hard-to-find stations out
from under impenetrable heterodynes, made noisy RTTY
sigs completely
readable, etc.
URLs: www.icomamerica.com/recievers
and to test-drive one: www.javaradio.com (requires java enabled)
Ok, enough of this before Sellam's LART finds me, even here in Madras.
Cheers
John
PS: Hey, wouldn't that make a cool SF title? 'Sellam's Lart'....
4:07 p.m.
New subject: PCR 1000 [for Mike Ford and Allison]
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, John Lawson wrote:
PS: Hey, wouldn't that make a cool SF title?
'Sellam's Lart'....
Sounds like some sort of odd physiological disorder :)
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