Software Defined RadioReceivers (SDR) - Why Choose . . .

Note - I am really 'only' interested in AM/MW
and Shortwave Bands 500 kHz to 30 MHz so
Wide-Band Receivers are off-the-list.

On Sep 3, 9:20 am, Bob Campbell wrote:
In article om,





RHF wrote:
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QUESTIONS :
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Do you own one of these SDRs ?
.
Why Did You Buy An SDR ?
.
Would You Buy An SDR Again ?
-IF- Not Why Not ?
.
Any other SDRs out there that should be considered ?
.
YOUR OPINION THE PROS AND CONS :
.
Name Three Things You Like About Your SDR.

Why do you place a period between each line? Why do you randomly
capitalize words in a sentence?

Bob- Hide quoted text -

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Bob,

Bob Campbell wrote:

In article om,
RHF wrote:

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QUESTIONS :
.
Do you own one of these SDRs ?
.
Why Did You Buy An SDR ?
.
Would You Buy An SDR Again ?
-IF- Not Why Not ?
.
Any other SDRs out there that should be considered ?
.
YOUR OPINION THE PROS AND CONS :
.
Name Three Things You Like About Your SDR.

Why do you place a period between each line? Why do you randomly
capitalize words in a sentence?

Bob

It's because he's so self-absorbed that it never has occurred to him
that his crap -- what he used to call "enhanced English" -- would
drive a newsreader for the blind completely bonkers.

That, and he's an asshole.

On Sep 3, 10:57 pm, Eric F. Richards wrote:
Bob Campbell wrote:
In article om,
RHF wrote:

.
QUESTIONS :
.
Do you own one of these SDRs ?
.
Why Did You Buy An SDR ?
.
Would You Buy An SDR Again ?
-IF- Not Why Not ?
.
Any other SDRs out there that should be considered ?
.
YOUR OPINION THE PROS AND CONS :
.
Name Three Things You Like About Your SDR.

Why do you place a period between each line? Why do you randomly
capitalize words in a sentence?

Bob


- It's because he's so self-absorbed that it never has occurred
- to him that his crap -- what he used to call "enhanced English"
- -- would drive a newsreader for the blind completely bonkers.

Actually that would be "Illustrated English"
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...e09015f5756520

- That, and he's an asshole.

EFR - You would be right. ~ RHF

On Sep 4, 6:43 am, Eric F. Richards wrote:
RHF wrote:
On Sep 3, 10:57 pm, Eric F. Richards wrote:
Bob Campbell wrote:
In article om,
RHF wrote:

.
QUESTIONS :
.
Do you own one of these SDRs ?
.
Why Did You Buy An SDR ?
.
Would You Buy An SDR Again ?
-IF- Not Why Not ?
.
Any other SDRs out there that should be considered ?
.
YOUR OPINION THE PROS AND CONS :
.
Name Three Things You Like About Your SDR.

Why do you place a period between each line? Why do you randomly
capitalize words in a sentence?

Bob

- It's because he's so self-absorbed that it never has occurred
- to him that his crap -- what he used to call "enhanced English"
- -- would drive a newsreader for the blind completely bonkers.

Actually that would be "Illustrated English"
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...e09015f5756520

- That, and he's an asshole.

EFR - You would be right. ~ RHF
.

Doesn't matter. It's still incomprehensible to a blind person.- Hide quoted text -

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EFR - Then Clearly You Are Not Blind
and that's a good thing ~ RHF

Ten Tec RX-320D Receiver ? -vice- WinRadio WR-G303e Receiver ?

Matt wrote:
In article 46e2a27a@kcnews01, K Isham wrote:

RHF
I own a Ten Tec 320D which I like very much, I also own a JRC 535D,
Palstar R30CC and numerous Sony's. I am very impressed by the Ten Tec
it rates better than the Palstar in most cases and keep up with JRC unit
in most instantiates. The thing I like most about it is the computer
control, I can with my program for MAC (Mac logger) plus is to use the
databases to program unit for either time or station. This is helped me
to log more stations, because I alway forget what time so of the rare
ones are broadcasting. The Ten Tec is very sensitive also. I originally
got it so I could decode DRM transmissions. I am very impressed with
Radio New Zealand's offerings. The Sackville relay station in Canada has
several different station on 9800KHZ and about 0000 UTC RADIO TRP is
broadcast at 20 KBS stereo. At my QTH in Tucson, AZ I have very few
drop-outs while listening, as compared to my dial-up internet real-audio
/MP3 broadcasts.
Ken I

I am also interested in the 320d? do you use a mac with your 320d?
Matt:
I use the MACLOGGERDX program to control my Ten Tec 320D with a $19.95
USB to serial converter that I picked up at Walmart and it works very
well. I have two PPC MAC MINIS.
There a Linux programs that you can get under the FINK and X CLASS, but
I still have not been able to make them work. To decode the DRM signals
on short-wave I use the DRM decoder program that I picked up on the Win
Radio site, and the DREAM software that I picked up when I bought my TEN
TEC on the WORLD STATION site it also came with the WORLD STATION
control program, but I rarely use it because I dislike the Windows
operating system. Bought the DRM decoder and Dream software have to be
run on a Windows OS so I still use my old At halon PC for DRM. Now
DREAM also can be run under LINUX but I not able to get it running due
to my Linux ineptitude, maybe one of these days I'll figure it out.
Now that Apple has put out a Core 2 DUO Mac Mini, I think I am going to
save up to buy one for Christmas time and run everything on the Mini
just using the Parraells program for simultaneously running both the MAC
and Windows OS.
The Ten Tec is a good buy, and I glad I bought one.

Ken I

On Sep 9, 3:23 am, K Isham wrote:
Matt wrote:
In article 46e2a27a@kcnews01, K Isham wrote:

RHF
I own a Ten Tec 320D which I like very much, I also own a JRC 535D,
Palstar R30CC and numerous Sony's. I am very impressed by the Ten Tec
it rates better than the Palstar in most cases and keep up with JRC unit
in most instantiates. The thing I like most about it is the computer
control, I can with my program for MAC (Mac logger) plus is to use the
databases to program unit for either time or station. This is helped me
to log more stations, because I alway forget what time so of the rare
ones are broadcasting. The Ten Tec is very sensitive also. I originally
got it so I could decode DRM transmissions. I am very impressed with
Radio New Zealand's offerings. The Sackville relay station in Canada has
several different station on 9800KHZ and about 0000 UTC RADIO TRP is
broadcast at 20 KBS stereo. At my QTH in Tucson, AZ I have very few
drop-outs while listening, as compared to my dial-up internet real-audio
/MP3 broadcasts.
Ken I

I am also interested in the 320d? do you use a mac with your 320d?

Matt:
I use the MACLOGGERDX program to control my Ten Tec 320D with a $19.95
USB to serial converter that I picked up at Walmart and it works very
well. I have two PPC MAC MINIS.
There a Linux programs that you can get under the FINK and X CLASS, but
I still have not been able to make them work. To decode the DRM signals
on short-wave I use the DRM decoder program that I picked up on the Win
Radio site, and the DREAM software that I picked up when I bought my TEN
TEC on the WORLD STATION site it also came with the WORLD STATION
control program, but I rarely use it because I dislike the Windows
operating system. Bought the DRM decoder and Dream software have to be
run on a Windows OS so I still use my old At halon PC for DRM. Now
DREAM also can be run under LINUX but I not able to get it running due
to my Linux ineptitude, maybe one of these days I'll figure it out.
Now that Apple has put out a Core 2 DUO Mac Mini, I think I am going to
save up to buy one for Christmas time and run everything on the Mini
just using the Parraells program for simultaneously running both the MAC
and Windows OS.
The Ten Tec is a good buy, and I glad I bought one.

Ken I- Hide quoted text -

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K IsHam - Thank you for the follow-up comments. ~ RHF

RHF wrote:
On Sep 9, 3:23 am, K Isham wrote:
Matt wrote:
In article 46e2a27a@kcnews01, K Isham wrote:
RHF
I own a Ten Tec 320D which I like very much, I also own a JRC 535D,
Palstar R30CC and numerous Sony's. I am very impressed by the Ten Tec
it rates better than the Palstar in most cases and keep up with JRC unit
in most instantiates. The thing I like most about it is the computer
control, I can with my program for MAC (Mac logger) plus is to use the
databases to program unit for either time or station. This is helped me
to log more stations, because I alway forget what time so of the rare
ones are broadcasting. The Ten Tec is very sensitive also. I originally
got it so I could decode DRM transmissions. I am very impressed with
Radio New Zealand's offerings. The Sackville relay station in Canada has
several different station on 9800KHZ and about 0000 UTC RADIO TRP is
broadcast at 20 KBS stereo. At my QTH in Tucson, AZ I have very few
drop-outs while listening, as compared to my dial-up internet real-audio
/MP3 broadcasts.
Ken I
I am also interested in the 320d? do you use a mac with your 320d?
Matt:
I use the MACLOGGERDX program to control my Ten Tec 320D with a $19.95
USB to serial converter that I picked up at Walmart and it works very
well. I have two PPC MAC MINIS.
There a Linux programs that you can get under the FINK and X CLASS, but
I still have not been able to make them work. To decode the DRM signals
on short-wave I use the DRM decoder program that I picked up on the Win
Radio site, and the DREAM software that I picked up when I bought my TEN
TEC on the WORLD STATION site it also came with the WORLD STATION
control program, but I rarely use it because I dislike the Windows
operating system. Bought the DRM decoder and Dream software have to be
run on a Windows OS so I still use my old At halon PC for DRM. Now
DREAM also can be run under LINUX but I not able to get it running due
to my Linux ineptitude, maybe one of these days I'll figure it out.
Now that Apple has put out a Core 2 DUO Mac Mini, I think I am going to
save up to buy one for Christmas time and run everything on the Mini
just using the Parraells program for simultaneously running both the MAC
and Windows OS.
The Ten Tec is a good buy, and I glad I bought one.

Ken I- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

K IsHam - Thank you for the follow-up comments. ~ RHF
.

RHF:

I forgot to say that I have not heard the WindRadio WR G303E receiver,
so I could not answer that part of the question. Passport does rate them
high, but at $600+ I wasn't going to spring for an iffy radio, if I
couldn't hear it first. There are no Ham Radio store here in town now,
and I rarely make the trip to Phoenix for any reason, although I believe
there is a HAM Radio outlet store there.

Ken I

On Sep 8, 7:47 am, "Chas.Chan" wrote:
"RHF" wrote in message

ps.com... Software Defined RadioReceivers (SDR) - Why Choose . . .

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First the Flex-Radio SDR-1000 Receiver (only)
is no longer being made and so is off-the-list.
http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.a...sdr1k_features
http://www.gearlog.com/2005/10/softw...io_my_next.php

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It has been replaced by the NEW SDR-2500!

Chas.Chan,

I will take you word on that -but- can find nothing on the
Flex-Radio website about the Flex-Radio SDR-2500
FLEX-RADIO = http://www.flex-radio.com/

Current Product Inventory and Production Status
for Flex-Radio Systems' Products
http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.a...pic=ProdStatus

Flex-Radio lists the FLEX-5000 under their products.
http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.a...c=f5k_features

FlexRadio Systems Product Comparison
http://www.flex-radio.com/Products.a...Feature_Matrix

It is my understanding that the Flex-Radio SDR-1000
is Out-of-Production.
http://support.flex-radio.com/NewInformation.aspx

Flex-Radio's "What's Coming ?" webpage has nothing
on a 'future' Flex-Radio SDR-2500.
http://www.flex-radio.com/News.aspx?topic=whatscoming

Plus I am just a Shortwave Radio Listener (SWL)
so I am only interested in a Receiver and not a
Transceiver like the FLEX-5000.

If they are making a Flex-Radio SDR-2500 Receiver
then I would be very much 'interested' in knowing
more about it. ~ RHF