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Re: [IRCA] State of the art SDR (Perseus, etc)
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] State of the art SDR (Perseus, etc)
- From: Mauno Ritola <Mauno.Ritola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:40:44 +0200
24.11.2012 20:24, Nick Hall-Patch kirjoitti:
That's definitely another point in favor of the Perseus, Chuck. Does
Studio One address the unattended recording reliability problems that
Perseus had/has in its native software?
I record a lot unattended and I may see one or two failures per season.
I don't know what has improved, but I think I had them a bit more before.
The Afedri has been tested by top notch MW DXer Bjarne Mjelde and he
is quite satisfied. As it has less dynamic range that the Perseus, I
expect someone with some antenna will sooner or later see a small
problem. But with a delivered price tag of around $250 I think it
will gain an audience.
Tracey Gardner suggested using this filter with it:
http://217.34.103.131/pdfs/BLP-2.5+.pdf
73, Mauno
Chuck
On 11/24/2012 7:45 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
I would think that the Perseus has the largest user base, Les, and
as Neil mentioned, there is other software, though Studio 1 has a
price tag (successor to WRPlus with which I believe you have some
experience) .
I hope some of the Excalibur users check in. I haven't DXed with
it, but was quite impressed with its software interface when Bruce
Conti showed it to me, and I believe it is the least expensive of
the "full MW band" SDRs. Mind you, the inability to record large
bandwidth without using a workaround or paying extra could be a deal
breaker, and so far, if you don't like the vendor's software, I'm
not sure there is any alternative.
As a caveat to the "least expensive" above, there is the Afedri
SDR-net http://4z5lv.net/index.php/afedri-sdr-net-description,
1200kHz bandwidth, but I think you would be breaking new ground for
the MW DXer; they claim you can drive it with SDR-radio software.
I'd be tempted to try it, especially if I travelled more; maybe next
year.
My own experience is with RFSpace, but I suspect the NetSDR's
premium price is justified only for those with instrumentation
interests, are looking for the potential for two different radios in
one box (developed but not yet sold; but try listening to a
shortwave parallel for a MW TP on any other SDR) and/or who like
the idea of being provided with example software that they can
modify for their own use. It will be interesting to see how the
imminent version 2 of SDR-console flies. Free, continually
upgraded software, but version 1.5 never quite addressed some of my
concerns as a DXer, which surprisingly, Spectravue did.
best wishes,
Nick
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