I used the SDR-IQ to record some of the last years contest with Spectravue,
turned it on and off by during transmission, but that got tiring after a while,
still I have quite a bit of the contest recorded.
Last year I got into a frequency fight with a K7 where he shows up claiming the
frequency after I listened on the frequency for a bit, asked twice QRL and than
started a CQ. The K7 would have none of it and started his own CQ on tha same
frequency. I managed to work some stations like this, but it was quite a pain.
Finally after quite a while he gave up.
So a few days after the contest I thought what is the chance that I taped this
on Spectravue. I find the frequency and approximate time where this happened
and sure enough there he is calling CQ alone before I showed up. And than he
is gone. And than time passes, and it is just shy of 3 minutes before you hear
my signal.
For this years contest I found it an excellent way to locate a clear frequency
for CQ. I did not record any of the contest, although I now wish I did having
to deal with some jammers.
I found the SRD-IQ o be quite a resource hog on the computer. Bit it is a
great piece of equipment.
I recently ordered the Genesis 160 SDR, but only got about half way on the kit,
so no report on it yet. I still need to take down my Christmas tree.
Niko - AC6DD
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