Dave, you will not be disappointed! I’ve owned many, many different radios in my life and would highly recommend the R30 to anyone.
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I would say the same. I've had the R30 for a few weeks now. It does surprisingly well on HF frequencies with the included telescopic antenna. I'm planning to try it out with my portable longwire SWL antenna (Par EF-SWL). I may have time to finally test it out this evening, so will report back, if so.
You are so right about NXDN. With my SDS100 and TRX-1 I would receive maybe 1-2 channels per hour. With the R30 I'm getting 7-12 channels. I did an Auto Memory Write Scan for NXDN-VN a couple days ago and recorded 11 channels in 1 hour.
It seems like I discovering something new every day.
I tested the R30 with a Par EF-SWL antenna, connected with a 3' RG-174 SO-239 to SMA pigtail. The wire was strung up from the top of a wooden fence post to myself holding the other end along with the R30.
....Wow! Signal reception was flawless, with signals coming in loud and clear across the HF spectrum. I don't live near any strong local sgnals and didn't need to lower the RF gain from the default MAX.
....Wow! Signal reception was flawless, with signals coming in loud and clear across the HF spectrum. I don't live near any strong local sgnals and didn't need to lower the RF gain from the default MAX.
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Hi tumegpc: this sounds interesting are you saying it's possible to set a specific digital decode mode for the Auto Memory Write Scan? ie can I set up a VFO Scan that will search across an entire band (say 145-500Mhz) that will ONLY pick out those with NXDN-VN mode, and then using Auto Memory Write Scan, write only the NXDN-VN channels to the 200 available memory positions?
Do you know if only one mode is possible - ie could I use the above method to pick out both NXDN-N and NXDN-VN, but ignore FM mode channels for example?
Yes, absolutely . Just program a P-Scan Edge NAME (exp NXDN UHF) FREQ LOW - 450.000
FREQ HIGH 470.00 TS ( Tuning Step) 3.125 MODE NXDN-VN RF GAIN (RFG1-9 or RFGMAX)
Under VFO Scan - select AUTO MW - then select the (NXDN UHF) P-Scan Edge and it will auto write only NXDN frequencies it finds into bank A-000. You can also enable record audio during search. And another cool feature is the frequencies that you found can now be scanned by themselves or included with your existing programmed frequencies. I think there is a way to link P-Scan Edges which would be nice. Hope I didn't confuse you - 2:30am so off to bed.
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Greetings,
I'm really impressed with the limited reviews so far. I cannot find any dialog about if the R30 is or can be computer controlled? I'm really on the fence in purchasing the R30.
Thanks in advance
I'm really impressed with the limited reviews so far. I cannot find any dialog about if the R30 is or can be computer controlled? I'm really on the fence in purchasing the R30.
Thanks in advance
Ham Radio Deluxe
Ham Radio Deluxe will be soon supporting the R30. Just as they did the R20.
Ham Radio Deluxe will be soon supporting the R30. Just as they did the R20.
Great, Thank you
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NXDN Display Details
Can anyone confirm when receiving a NXDN transmission, is it possible to see live on the screen the Callers ID (ie the UID) and the Called ID (ie the UID of the recipient or the Group ID GID)? I note both of these are listed as stored in the Rx History Log, but that appears to be limited to just a rolling buffer of 50 most recent hits. TIA.
Can anyone confirm when receiving a NXDN transmission, is it possible to see live on the screen the Callers ID (ie the UID) and the Called ID (ie the UID of the recipient or the Group ID GID)? I note both of these are listed as stored in the Rx History Log, but that appears to be limited to just a rolling buffer of 50 most recent hits. TIA.
Hello,
CI-V is supported through USB and the speaker/remote jack. The information in the Advanced Manual is not in the document outline on the left, but it is on page 7-29 (after the cloning information).
73 Eric
Those show on screen while receiving. If you record those transmissions the values show on screen as you scroll through the list of recordings.
Thanks Eric
I downloaded the advance manual.... man what a heck of a HH. The R30 certainly has many, many options. All I can say is wow!
I just pulled the trigger on a R30 from HRO to supplement my BCD436HP & PSR-800. I'm super excited as it will be my first wideband handheld since selling my Alinco DJ-X2000T a few years ago. I plan on using it for discovery & monitoring civil & MIL air.
I also ordered the 3-AA battery holder but just read N9EWO's review and he states:
I ordered it to use Eneloops as backups. Anyone have any experience or thoughts?
I also ordered the 3-AA battery holder but just read N9EWO's review and he states:
I ordered it to use Eneloops as backups. Anyone have any experience or thoughts?
You are going to love the R30. The AA Battery case on the R20 made it so convenient when I would go out of town. There was a little size & weight added but nothing too extreme.
Thanks, I can't wait to get it... I'm trying to understand the warning about using rechargeable NiMH batteries in the 3-AA holder..
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Me too.
I've seen this warning several times in the past in the same context i.e. using rechargeables instead of alkalines in the optional battery case.
What could case a problem here?
Received my R30 already after ordering it yesterday from HRO (Salem, NH to MA via USPS)! Loving it already, can't wait til Butel software is available. Using the CSV import from the MicroSD card to program memory but it's inefficient.
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