Re: [IRCA] drake r8a for sale

[Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can actually run most SDRs on much lower priced computer hardware than
you might imagine. The main (free) SDR software packages have progressed in
processing efficiency the last few years; I'm specifically thinking of
lower CPU requirements for SDR-Console and SDRuno. IMHO the HDSDR software
has been CPU-thrifty from the start.

If all you're doing is DXing the MW band, an older Intel Core i3 laptop
will handle the Mbps sampling rate needed, and even many of the newer
netbooks of yore. I remember at the dawn of Perseus, Bjarne Mjelde and I
used low-end MSI Wind netbooks just fine with Perseus. That said, an i3 or
i5 computer would give more "headroom" for the first time SDR user.

Alternatively on the low end of PCs, the newer Atom processors can handle
SDRs just fine. Three years ago I ran an Elad FDM-S2 successfully on an HP
Stream 7 tablet with CPU usage of just 11 to 13 percent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FAwxwI95Zg


That Stream 7 tablet was only $99 new three years ago, so price really
isn't a barrier as much as some people claim for computers for SDRs.

Don't like Windows for SDRs? There are some Mac SDR programs out there now.
I can't name them as I don't follow the Apple computer world closely, but
the software exists. I also know of some DXers who use Boot Camp on their
MacBooks for running SDRs with their chosen flavor of Windows.

73,

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA
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