Steve, I cannot seem to use the site you sent me too... how do I
get the software defined receiver for $23 ? Jim Reed, W3RYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Ireland
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 01:05
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion vs SDR-1000
G'day
If any Orion users (or anyone else) on the reflector have been following
the above thread and would like to try out the SDR-1000 software on air,
using their PC, there is a dead cheap way of doing it.
The American QRP Club is selling a bare-bones software defined receiver for
40m for a massive $23 which uses Flexradio's PowerSDR free open-source
software . This uses a quadrature mixer, plugs into the USB port of your
PC and delivers an I-Q audio signal into the PC's sound card.
The little receiver has a claimed MDS of about -128dBm and a sensitivity of
around 0.1uV (? - I think). It has been designed by Tony Parks KB9YIG and
Bill Tracy KD5STD - see www.amqrp.com for details. A friend of mine has
just bought one and is having heaps of fun with it.
Incidentally, I don't have an Orion or a SDR-1000.... Lots of boat anchors
here...
Vy 73
Steve, VK6VZ
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