OM wrote:
...Anyone know of any PC-based Shortwave Listening peripherals that
are worth looking at and possibly purchasing? I looked at a couple
about 10-12 years ago that were for ISA-slot PCs, but those didn't do
a great job of isolating RF harmonics created by the CPUs approaching
the 300MHz clock speeds, which seemed to be a major problem according
to the few reviews I read in "PC Rag" and "Computer Shopper"(*). I've
been getting this urge to get back into SWL since losing a leg and
being quite a bit more apartment-bound these days, and figured I'd see
about recycling an old PC into a decent SW rig if there's a good card
to buy.

Hey, it's either that, or get a Cobra CB rig that's been modded for
export sales and rig the mike up to a Sound Blaster...:-)


(*) Back in the days when it was worth reading, and a single issue
could line a birdcage for six months with a twice-a-day change!
OM

The Ten-Tec RX-320 has lots of fans.

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:21:05 +0000, Dave wrote:

The Ten-Tec RX-320 has lots of fans.

....This appears to be an external box. Due to some space
considerations, I'm looking for a PCI slot solution akin to the ISA
slot ones I'd previously looked at. Thanks, tho.


OM
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In article ,
OM wrote:

On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:21:05 +0000, Dave wrote:

The Ten-Tec RX-320 has lots of fans.

...This appears to be an external box. Due to some space
considerations, I'm looking for a PCI slot solution akin to the ISA
slot ones I'd previously looked at. Thanks, tho.


How about this:

http://www.winradio.com/home/g305i.htm

"The receiver comes on a standard two-third length PCI card and is
compatible with all modern desktop computers with an available PCI 2.2
standard slot."

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