Re: [IRCA] The future of SDR - for me anyway...

["Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

And none of the radios you list can record 200 kHz worth of the MW band for
future review, as can some of the SDR's. Invaluable when conditions are good
and there are targets galore.


Chuck


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Subject: [IRCA] The future of SDR - for me anyway...

Although I work in a computing department at a local University,
I tend to eschew PC aided or defined radios.

Why, you ask?

Well - in over 30 years of DXing and collecting
fully functional analog receivers (and digital receivers),
I have yet to power up my DX150B with any error messages of
any kind...
-My Barlow-Wadley XCR-30 has yet to fail because of a missing OS.
-My Drake R8 has yet to greet me with a "file not found" error on power-up.
-My Kenwood R2000 has yet to report that I need to insert the system
diskette.

And although my Sony 2010 spits out an Error-03 from time to time, I am
pretty
sure that the "hard-drive" in it is still running.

The DX440 ( a true sleeper of a MW DX receiver ) has not been "re-booted"
in going on 20 years of continuous usage - although there have been times
where I felt like booting it.

In all honesty, I may consider getting on the bandwagon when we
can software define antennas and I can fit a Beverage onto a 40 sq. ft.
balcony!

That's my thinking,


--
Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada
www.coffeecrew.com  |  www.dxer.ca 

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