Re: [IRCA] Testing New SDR software

[Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I remember that during the 2007 Masset DXpedition, Chuck Hutton had a Soft
Rock board which he had tweaked to cover a portion of the MW band. I think
it involved a simple part or two like a hand wound toroid inductor.


> Even with the limitation of partial band coverage, his mod shows that a low
> cost SDR offers very high value for the DXer. Like Walt has expressed, I'll
> never go back to DXing with a traditional receiver alone. A modded Soft Rock
> board running free Software like Winrad or WRplus would be a formidable
> package for the modest cost involved.


Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA



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> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:31:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Looks like the Softrock 160m version tunes only 1.8 to 2.0 mHz.
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
> AM:? Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
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