Right, or you could use a PAT50M buffer board ($14) and an RTL dongle ($20)
for $34 total and use the BPF built into the rig ;-)
Barry N1EU
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 7:28 AM, rick@dj0ip.de <Rick@dj0ip.de> wrote:
> There is a company in Greece that makes a 9-band BPF especially for this
> kind of radio. It costs less than $100.
> https://www.sv1afn.com/ham_band_presel.html
> They ship world-wide.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry
> N1EU
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 1:20 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Tapping a Delta II for a panadaptor?
>
> Another obstacle is that cheap SDR receivers like SDRPlay lack bandpass
> filtering.
>
> Barry N1EU
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I thought the QST article for panadapters was very poor. It
> > recommended using the IF to feed the panadapter. This is an archaic
> > method. Today with the SDR receivers available such as SDRplay, much
> > better results can be obtained without the need for an IF tap. These
> > new SDR receivers (such as SDRplay) can receive over a wide frequency
> > range typically from 50 khz to well over 30 mhz.
> >
> > Because of this, the most modern hookups now just involve connecting
> > the SDR receiver to the same antenna as the main radio and running
> > them in parallel with the main radio. This gives a much wider and
> > more versatile panadapter than being stuck with the radios IF.
> >
> > The only obstacle to this is a good way to share antennas without
> > transmit power from the main radio destroying the SDR receiver. Some
> > main radios offer a receive out and receive in loop so with those
> > radios it is a simple setup.
> >
> > For radios that don't have a good way to share antennas, several
> > companies offer solutions. For example, one such solution is the
> > DXE-RTR-1A from DX Engineering.
> >
> > Carl Moreschi N4PY
> > 58 Hogwood Rd
> > Louisburg, NC 27549
> > www.n4py.com
> >
> >
> > On 1/29/2017 9:57 PM, km2km@twc.com wrote:
> >
> >> After reading the Panadaptor article in the FEB 2017 QST I'd like to
> >> try that with my Delta II
> >>
> >> Has anyone done this? Where is the tap for the IF?
> >>
> >> Suggestions?
> >>
> >> 73
> >> Kris KM2KM
> >> MERSCHROD
> >> 123 Warren Road
> >> Ithaca, NY 14850
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