[VHFcontesting] SDR Play [ NEW SDR RECEIVER. 2 GHz, 8MHz bandwidth under $300 USD ]

[GeorgeF]

For SDR equipment, there is another interesting 1 that recently hit the market (and I believe it was designed here in America).

The HackRF ONE, not only is it an SDR receiver it also a transmitter!  While it won't go as low into the HF range as the one you came across, it will go up to 6 GHz (both RX and TX) which would be of greater benefit to the VHF + community.  The HackRF range is 10 MHz to 6 GHz.

I ordered 1 last week, actually it should be arriving today!  For about a year I've been playing with those cheap $20 RTL-SDR dongles, while only receive and 25 MHz to 1.7 Ghz been having a lot of fun, can only see about 2 MHz of spectrum at any time but what do ya want for $20.00?

The HackRF, only $300.00, while allow you to see 20 MHz of spectrum at any one time.  I plan on using mine for military aircraft reception as well as venture into some of the more satellite work. 


For more info on the HackRF you can go here:
https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/

George - KI4FIA (hadn't renewed yet)
www.MilAirComms.com



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 From: Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 11:12 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] SDR Play [ NEW SDR RECEIVER. 2 GHz, 8MHz bandwidth under $300 USD ]
 

A few months ago, I sold my Perseus SDR and traded up to the Elad 
FDM-S2, which covers up to 160 MHz, and has a bandwidth of about 6 MHz. 
Haven't even had time to take it out of the box yet, but in the 
meantime, a new SDR receiver has hit the market.

This SDR boasts 8 MHz of bandwidth, and covers from 100 GHz to 2 GHz. 
This would allow the user to monitor things like the NOAA Weather Radio 
band, amateur radio bands including 6 Meters, 2 Meters, 222, 432, 902, 
and 1296, etc. So far, I haven't seen any reviews from hams or dedicated 
DX'ers. But it's also half the cost of the Elad at only $300 USD.

More information is available at:

http://www.sdrplay.com/

Can't wait to read a review on this one, and find the time to get my 
Elad installed. Curious if any VHF operators have tried this one yet?

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73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484

Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484

Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light


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