Re: [TenTec] SDR-1000

["James Duffer" <dufferjames@hotmail.com>]

Is this -160 dbm?  What is the level of ambient noise?
Would it be less than  1 micromicromicromicro watts.
The point is what good is having a sensitivity that would allow
detection of signals that are below the noise floor????

Jim de wd4air

> There is an open source hardware group that is in the
> process of developing DSP hardware that has MDS down
> around -160db and dynamic range of around 120db.  It
> will plug into the back of the SDR-1000 widening
> performance gap between the Orion and the SDR-1000.
> Try doing that with your Orion.  Certainly there are
> features of the Orion that are superior such as
> diversity RX and its antenna switching flexibility and
> its QSK, but as the SDR improves the list diminishes
> daily.