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

[Ken Alexander]

Arrrgghhh!  It's all happening too fast!  My bank account and I can't keep up with all the new SDRs coming out!

Baffling choice of name...a Radio Spectrum Processor.  I think they could have left spectrum Processor out of the name without leaving people scratching their heads.  It reminds me of the Powered Air Circulators I saw in the hardware store the other day.  I remember when they used to be called Fans!  :-)

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS
Happy owner of four SDRs (and counting) already!



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On Mon, 9/8/14, Les Rayburn <les at highnoonfilm.com> wrote:

 Subject: [VHFcontesting] SDR Play [ NEW SDR RECEIVER. 2 GHz, 8MHz bandwidth under $300 USD ]
 To: "vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu" <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>, "VHF Contesting Reflector" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>, "AMSAT Mailing List" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>, "Star-Com BB" <starcom-bb at star-com.net>
 Date: Monday, September 8, 2014, 11:12 AM
 
 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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