On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 17:03 -0500, Mark Kachel wrote:
> Bravo to the TenTec Omni VII, Orion II, Icom 7800 & Yaesu 9000. They are the
> last of the dinosaurs of this generation. They are in the same position as
> the Johnsons, Nationals, Hallicrafters, Hammarlunds and others the day before
> Collins introduced the S line, way back when.
Actually the Collins A line did that to those other makers, the S-line
just made Collins rigs almost affordable.
>
>
>
> I've been looking at the Software Defined Radios. The SDR 1000 transceiver
> looks good. Some circuitry for a DC receiver feeding an analog to digital
> chip and an RF amplifier. Every thing else is software. Pretty impressive
> numbers. Cost with a new sound card is less than $2,000.
>
>
>
> Then there is the SDR 14, basically a spectrum analyzer that can function as
> a general coverage receiver to 30MHz. The antenna is connected directly to
> the analog to digital chip. Might be nice to have some front end filters, but
> basically no RF parts. I'm not sure what the receiver's numbers are but I
> suspect with some tweaking of the software they would be better than anything
> on the market.
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>
> So who is going to be the next Collins and what will it look like? I think it
> will be the Elecraft K3
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>
>
> Mark, NÃOKS
>
Collins already offers such a receiver. Has for several years, covers DC
to a few GHz. Costs more than an Orion.
--
73, Jerry, K0CQ,
All content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
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