Would you mind repeating that in English Steve (-;
Carl
KM1H
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From: "Steve Ireland" <vk6vz@arach.net.au>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 10:09 AM
Subject: Topband: Budget high-performance topband transceiver
G’day
I’ve enjoyed the recent discussions about the best cost-effective
transceiver for use on 160m. Thought there were a couple of other ideas to
throw into the pot on this topic.
For those on a serious budget, the Icom IC-751A and the Kenwood TS-830S
are still excellent performers on 160m for $500 or less – and can be found
with 500Hz filters in two IFs if you are lucky. The IC-751A is also a
great receiver for the 630m band and DX listening to NDBs.
For those topbanders like Barry N1EU who are interested in SDR, the latest
version of the PowerSDR/OpenHPSDR software and its associated firmware
places the coding involved with CW generation inside the main FPGA
associated with the HPSDR/Hermes/ANAN radio. The radio’s sidetone is
generated completely in the FPGA and is not sent to PowerSDR, so there
should be zero latency between a key press and the radio’s sidetone
appearing.
I haven’t tried this software on my HPSDR yet, but am looking forward to
doing so, as this improvement apparently removes the last hurdle for a SDR
transceiver to be a truly attractive alternative to the K3 etc for a
serious CW DX/contest operator.
Vy 73
Steve, VK6VZ
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