Topband: Budget high-performance topband transceiver

[Carl]

Would you mind repeating that in English Steve (-;

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ireland" <vk6vz at arach.net.au>
To: <topband at 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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