Re: [IRCA] SP 600 /R390

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

At 10:09 AM 5/7/2007, you wrote:

>Walt,
>
>I was stuck in the stone age with receivers for years. In college I was
>given an old EH Scott RBO2 made back in the 50s. I got the receiver in
>68. It had a L/C set the filters, broad, medium, and sharp. No sideband,
>just AM.The sharp cut it down to about 3 khz. OK for domestic DXing, but
>not good of spliting hairs. I added a Q Multiplier to it. It had 455 khz
>IFs. I used that combo for many years. Until the early 80s when I bought
>the SP-600. Still no sideband, until I added a H-10 converter.  But it
>had its drawbacks.  I used that until 1992, when I got my first "new"
>communications receiver, the R8.  Then a couple years back Dave Williams
>gave me his old SPR4, which I got repaired, added the noise blanker
>board, crystals, mods, and it is my back up for the R8. I also have a
>Kenwood R-1000 I bought for another back up. There is what I am set with
>today. The 3 receivers. I guess in the future my next jump with be a
>computer receiver. However, I first would need to buy a good laptop that
>can handle the software.


Hi, Patrick.  I don't think there should be a problem with any modern laptop.  I use a Dell Latitude D810 with 2 GB of RAM.  I'd say any Core Duo Intel chip, with 2 GB of RAM should work just fine with any of the new SDR receivers.  I'm more concerned about VISTA vs XP running some of the software for SDR.  I'm sure VISTA will get the drivers required for them, but for now, I'm sticking with XP..........Walt.


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