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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