Topband: SoftRock 40 kit info

[by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>]

From: "Jim & Carolyn Kingsbury" <kingsburys at bellsouth.net>
Subject: SoftRock 40 kit info
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:28:06 -0500
I was searching out some information on the SoftRock-40 radio kits 
that Steve Ireland VK6VZ mentioned in a post back in January and I 
got the following info from Tony Parks and thought you guys might be 
interested.  He is selling a receiver kit for 160 meters and another 
for 40/80 meters at $14 each.

73 Jim NW6S

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Parks" <raparks at ctcisp.com>
To: "Jim & Carolyn Kingsbury" <kingsburys at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: Softrock V5 questions


>Hi Jim,
>
>Some of the information given below has been posted on the 
>SoftRock-40 Yahoo group
>concerning the v6.0 SoftRock kit.
>
>A picture of the little SDR receiver may be seen at :
>
>http://ewjt.com/kd5tfd/sdr1k-notebook/sr40/v6-pics/index.html
>
>To make the little SDR receiver play a stereo audio cable connects between
>the
>SoftRock board and your PC's soundcard line-in jack.  DC power input to the
>SoftRock is 9 to 12 VDC at about 30mA.  An antenna connection also needs to
>be made to the board as shown by the RG174 coax in the picture above.
>
>The software to run the little SDR receiver is free to download and five or
>six such programs are available.  Three programs can be downloaded from at the
>following url's:
>
>http://www.dxatlas.com/rocky/
>
>http://digilander.libero.it/i2phd/sdradio/index.html
>
>http://www.m0kgk.co.uk/sdr/
>
>
>Kit delivery is now around mid-April.
>
>Thanks for asking.
>
>73,
>Tony KB9YIG
>
>
>Posted on the Yahoo group website:
>
>SoftRock v6.0 orders now being accepted
>
>My initial testing with the new SoftRock v6.0 is far enough along to
>order production boards and kit parts.
>
>The v6.0 SoftRock is a single board receiver kit that provides for
>up to two band coverage without changing oscillator frequency or BPF
>components.  The board size is 1.5 inches by 1.9 inches and a built
>unit has a height of about 0.6 inches.  Band changing is by moving a
>jumper plug on a three-pin header to give a divide by four or divide
>by eight clock to the QSD circuit.  A two-pin header on the board
>provides for QSD mute if the two pins are open circuited.  This
>should help make the SoftRock more useable with a separate
>transmitter.
>
>Here are the two kit options that are being offered at this time.
>
>40m/80m kit option
>40m/80m two-band kit at $14 US/Canada and $15 for DX will tune the
>following ranges:
>
>40m with a soundcard that samples at 48 kHz - 7.032 to 7.08 MHz
>40m with a soundcard that samples at 96 kHz - 7.008 to 7.106 MHz
>
>80m with a soundcard that samples at 48 kHz - 3.504 to 3.552 MHz
>80m with a soundcard that samples at 96 kHz - 3.48 to 3.576 MHz
>
>160m kit option with selective 160m BPF
>160m single band kit at $14 US/Canada and $15 for DX will tune the
>following ranges:
>
>160m with a soundcard that samples at 48 kHz - 1.819 to 1.867 MHz
>160m with a soundcard that samples at 96 kHz - 1.795 to 1.891 MHz
>
>Other band coverage will be offered after additional testing.
>
>The audio cable has become a sourcing problem since the supply of
>cables I was using with the v5.0 kits is no longer available in
>distribution.  Kit builders can get suitable cables from local
>consumer electronic stores at a reasonable price.
>
>Orders will be accepted starting today by PayPal to user name
>raparks at ctcisp.com or by mailing a check or money order to me at:
>
>Tony Parks
>1344 E 750 N
>Springport, IN 47386