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| Reviews Summary for CG Antenna SB-2000 USB Radio Interface |
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Reviews: 5
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Average rating: 3.6/5
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MSRP: $99
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Description: radio interface connects your transceiver and computer. Operating digital mode and rig control via your computer
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://www.cgantenna.be/sb2000.html
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TA2RX
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Rating: 1/5
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Feb 24, 2011 19:51
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Wouldn't buy one if I knew
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have used the SB-2000 with Yaesu FT-950. Initially I had problems in setting it up. Thanks to the seller's (Martin Lynch and sons) supportive staff this was solved after some struggle.
There are two major problems with this device:
1. You need a different cable for each and every rig, even if they are produced by the same manufacturer, meaning you have to pay an additional 20 Euros for each rig you own. (I had to buy different cables for my FT-950 and FT-857, for example.)
2. It is deaf. You have to use it over the data port of a Yaesu. I do not know if the problem is with Yaesu's data port or the device itself but SB-200 heard only a few stations on BPSK31, using HRD + DM 780, whereas a Rigblaster Nomic hears tens of them.
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SV1HKD
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 30, 2010 07:36
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SB-2000 & LOGGER 32
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have SB-2000 from October 2009.It is a chip interface but it works fine with Yaesu ft-2000d & with Kenwood ts-480sat by LOGGER 32.But it's importand if you want to have radio control by cat and rtty by mtty with extfsk the same time, to dowhload a vitrual com program.(I work VSPE).You have to create a splitter and you must use the same virtual port for control cat & exfsk.(if the port from interface is com 4 you must create(DEVICE)-spliter com 5.Now your new virtual com is com 5.You must set to your log program radio cat com5 & extfk program port also com5(In extfsk menu DTR FOR FSK & RTS FOR PTT).In LOGGER 32 mtty radio ptt settings are PTT by serial port, keying rts+dtr,using extfsk. In splitter settings NO RTS ,NO DTR and speed 9600.Every time you need to work must open VSPE program and everything it's ok.
Now i love SB-2000 and i have run many times psk31,rtty,sstv etc.73 de Notis(SV1HKD) from Agrinio in west greece.
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M0AZE
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Rating: 2/5
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Mar 6, 2010 04:48
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Be sure it will work before you purchase
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I primarily purchased as it stated that it would work with Apple Mac - it's proved not to be the case even when interfacing to Icom 756 Pro III (initially it would not work to TS870). The supplied driver disk is not a full size CD so it would not install via this method and I had to search for the driver and in the end had it sent via mail.
I was so frustrated that I enlisted an old Windows XP laptop and with Ham Radio deluxe it's proven to be very unreliable and I've given up.
I will now try an alternative and go down the tried and tested route and just put this down to experience. The You Tube video is very intuitive and I have seen it work. It's sold as plug and play and certainly looks to be that way, it just didn't for me.
Manufacturer Web site is very poor - copy of user manual and drivers for Windows only and that's your lot.
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EA7EE
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 8, 2009 13:02
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Surprisingly Simple and Powerful
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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USB interface simple, easy to wire up and set up. I can use PTT and FSK/CW signal in the same COM port using a virtual interface software (http://personales.ya.com/eb4fmt/Manuales/Puertos%20Com.pdf), as example for TS-2000X. RCAs connectors for soundcard are more secure. The price of the cables is only 20 euros and are very well finisheds with EMI cores in CAT cable and manufactured in China. HI HI.
I was pleasantly surprised by its smooth operation. Negative Point is that used with a TS-2000X CAT only supports max 19200 and IC-746 CAT only 9600 baud max (there is some signal filter I think). I switch rigs in operation with just changing the 25pin connector cables. I do not need to touch any jumper configuration!!
There is a video in youtube from Martin and Linch that show the interface.
73s
Manuel
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G4RNW
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 14, 2009 12:43
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does just as it says
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Very pleased so far. I use it with HRD/Digimaster780 (Just updated to HRD version 5) with Icom 756 Pro111. Had a little bother 1st time running, as it stuck on TX as soon as HRD opened up. This was cured with a phone call to supplier Martin Lynch & Sons. RTS/DTR should have been un-ticked - I am no PC expert ! Can now do PSK31, RTTY, CW and various others from the lap top with auto logging. CW decoding not v good, but maybe A bit more familiarity will cure this. Otherwise I can't fault it. The CW problems mostly a feature of HRD.
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