[TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

Roger roger, that was EXACTLY what we were looking for.

I'm going to give it a try with my single CPU laptop.
If it doesn't work, then I'll "borrow" the laptop from my home office.

Thanks George.

73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)

-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of George
Fritkin via TenTec
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 4:56 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?

I knew HP was horse power.   I have an Hewlett Packard i7....6gb.....750gb
laptop.  500.00 here at best buy.   CPU monitor has a max of 2% useage

George, W6GF

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> On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
> 
> GM George,
> 
> I probably chose a bad acronym when I used "HP".
> I meant Horse Power.
> I think you mean Hewlett Packard.
> 
> Do you happen to know the general specs of your computer off hand?
> Dual Core; ??GHz CPU? ; ?? GB Memory?  ; Operating System?
> 
> TNX
> 
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of george
fritkin via TenTec
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 6:07 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
> 
> In as much as low cost SDRs are so dependent on software and attached
computer this is one area not to go one the cheap.  I use SDR Console and a
HP modestly priced (500.00) lap top. These in conjunction with the Funecube
Pro+ make a wonderful combo with lots of horsepower left over George, W6GF 
> 
>     On Friday, December 26, 2014 8:32 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
<Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> Good point, Pete.
> Yes, I'm sure you will need lots of HP to do all of that.
> It's just hard to understand how much HP we need for each different
solution.
> 
> That is why I only want to do the most basic thing, because my laptop is
not the latest greatest and I do not intend to buy the latest greatest.
> 
> There are plenty of servers available to supply spots and skimmer over
telnet.
> Perhaps it's not quite as good as doing it from your own QTH, but it
certainly is useful and it costs ZERO - albeit you need a fast computer to
cope with all of the spots during a big contest.
> 
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter
Bertini
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 4:58 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
> 
> I'm also interested in adding a spectrum display, but I'll be using a
LP-Pan and a 192 kHz external sound card.
> 
> I've read where others have used SDR receivers that allow monitoring
several bands at once, and displaying activity using CW Slimmer and other
software.
> 
> One thing I have NOT seen mentioned, and I suspect it may be very
important, is the horsepower behind the software.  I have a few modest Dell
Optiplex
> 755 Dual Core machines in the shack.  I'm not sure these up are to the
task of running NaP3, CW Skimmer and other associated programs (HRD,
> etc.) at the same time. Rick says he has a laptop.  Unless it is the
latest and greatest powerhouse, perhaps those limitations also need to be
discussed.  I'd certainly appreciate a reality check regarding the computing
hardware needed to to this stuff.
> 
> Pete  k1zjh
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