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Need the latest SmartSDR, Power Genius, Tuner Genius and Antenna Genius Software?

SmartSDR v3.8.23 and the SmartSDR v3.8.23 Release Notes
SmartSDR v2.12.1 and the SmartSDR v2.12.1 Release Notes

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Power Genius XL Utility v3.8.9 and the Power Genius XL Release Notes v3.8.9
Tuner Genius XL Utility v1.2.11 and the Tuner Genius XL Release Notes v1.2.11
Antenna Genius Utility v4.1.8

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• Re: Flexradio 6600 vs 8600?

  John KB4DU

  May 2024
  in the case of an SDR, the software is the radio! The hardware is only an enabler for the software. A 6700 is just 8 instances of the same smartSDR software. I suspect the 8000 is a lower level of th…
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• Re: Flexradio 6600 vs 8600?

  John KB4DU

  May 2024
  well personally I would recommend to any one that asks “Don’t by a Flex until software gets out of stagnant mode”. What’s the point of new hardware running the same clunky software.
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• Re: line noise s7

  John KB4DU

  December 2022
  The Wide Band noise system was specifically developed to reduce line noise. A noisy power transformer near the Austin facility was the inspiration for this feature. It can be very effective on the co…
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• Re: Win-Test RTTY SmartSDR

  John KB4DU

  September 2021
  A nearly useless answer, but digil is lower sideband, whereas digiu is upper. I don’t know why we need it either.
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• Re: No longer receiving community emails

  John KB4DU

  April 2021
  This sounds like it started about the same time that I had to start logging in to the forum every time rather than staying logged in. The log in situation has healed itself. Maybe your notifications …
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