No Martini! 
Looks great Lindsay, always nice to see the HQ again.
Looks great Lindsay, always nice to see the HQ again.
RadioReference.com Global Corporate HQ - April 2012
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CanesFan95
Analog already is interoperable.
Looks good.
ScannaMan9
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ridgescan
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Very professional shack Lindsay-I would love to see a video of your 9500 chasing utilities, with some high end filtration demos and signal refining the world just needs to see this almost unobtainable receiver doing some real world DX.
the world just needs to see this almost unobtainable receiver doing some real world DX.
I have to tell you that I'm not all that impressed with the Icom R-9500 considering it's price and "cool" look. It suffers from a bunch of anoyances including:
* No 30 KHz filter for WX Sat and other applications
* No way to scan with zero delay (min is 2 secs)
* Voice Squelch function is practically unusable and cannot be adjusted
* Band changes across HF results in a noticeable "pop"
* Runs hot, and has a noisy fan
* Bandscope is more of a novelty than anything really useful
* Has a built in RTTY decoder that is practically useless - and that is the only decoder
* Firmware was last updated once, just after release of the product.
All in all, it is a terrific receiver, but it could certainly be a lot more and better. It seems like it is a great platform that could have been built upon by Icom, but they just seem to have neglected it.
All in all, my favorite receiver that I own is the AR5000+3 - you can configure and tweak a zillion different things with it - and it is a superb receiver.
I dream that one day Icom puts out an updated firmware that really upgrades this platform to something special - especially considering the SDR market has already rolled out products that far surpass the capabilities of the R9500.
* No 30 KHz filter for WX Sat and other applications
* No way to scan with zero delay (min is 2 secs)
* Voice Squelch function is practically unusable and cannot be adjusted
* Band changes across HF results in a noticeable "pop"
* Runs hot, and has a noisy fan
* Bandscope is more of a novelty than anything really useful
* Has a built in RTTY decoder that is practically useless - and that is the only decoder
* Firmware was last updated once, just after release of the product.
All in all, it is a terrific receiver, but it could certainly be a lot more and better. It seems like it is a great platform that could have been built upon by Icom, but they just seem to have neglected it.
All in all, my favorite receiver that I own is the AR5000+3 - you can configure and tweak a zillion different things with it - and it is a superb receiver.
I dream that one day Icom puts out an updated firmware that really upgrades this platform to something special - especially considering the SDR market has already rolled out products that far surpass the capabilities of the R9500.
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w2xq
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FWIW, I solved the "hot" running problem of the receivers and transceivers (assuming there were 12vdc input jacks) I've used over the years by running everything off an external regulated power supply (Astron 50a and 20a here). Regulation is better than any of the built-in supplies. The JRC 525 and 535 run stone-cold. Those shack thingies not running on 12vdc for, the most part, run on 5vdc, and a little 5a Lamda supply takes care of those things. Less cords, cooler shack. Maybe that would help.
tglendye
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
There was actually two *empty* ones in there ... but they were photoshop'd out.No Martini!
Very nice set-up I really like the rack with audio mixer at the top its a very nice touch to a beautiful office.
Bob
Bob
JSTARS03
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Wow, that is one impressive office with lots of hardware to support it.
The rack really does keep it clean and organized looking.
Awesome.
JSTARS03
Wow, that is one impressive office with lots of hardware to support it.
The rack really does keep it clean and organized looking.
Awesome.
JSTARS03
zguy1243
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Really like it Lindsay. Very capable setup. I agree with the quality of the AR5000's, bang for the buck. Good looking rack...we just need to get you some lacing bars
eorange
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Just wondering - how much data (MB? GB?) do you typically keep locally when doing DEV/QA work?
I keep an entire copy of the database when doing Dev/QA work.
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Looks great. Thanks for sharing!
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Lindsay,
What is the make and model of the equipment rack you're using, I've got some network gear I'm looking to rack up and that looks like it might work for my application.
Thanks
Lindsay,
What is the make and model of the equipment rack you're using, I've got some network gear I'm looking to rack up and that looks like it might work for my application.
Thanks
redshift
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Not to butt in, but it looks like a Middle Atlantic Products logo on the top corner. They make a lot of nice stuff, I have some of their wall mount shorty telco racks in my remotes.
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