I can't speak to the SDR 1K because I don't have one. However,
I was an early adopter of a much less capable radio, the WinRadio G303i.
It's an SDR that brings an 11kHz IF into your sound card and does the
rest with software.
I can say it's astounding what it can do with that arrangement. The
filters are razor-sharp (they're equations, not physical filters!) and
the sound quality is outstanding.
Bob Sherwood did note that the thing has poor close-in rejection because
it has to pass a 11kHz wide band into your sound card, but I've not found
that -- in practical use -- to be an occurance.
Note that the G303i isn't even considered to be in the same class as
an Orion, RX340 or other premium receiver -- it's more a "software
breadboard" than anything else.
Regards,
Eric
At 06:58 PM 4/21/2006 -0700, you wrote:
I think Lee has the poop on this:
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First as to my experience. I have been a ham for 43
years, and I have been able to copy at least 5 wpm
code since I was 7 years old which is when I first
took my novice test. I have come up through the ranks
using discrete RX TX rigs like a Viking-2 and a
HQ-170, transceivers, and now SDR radios. My present
rigs include a Paragon, an Orion and 2 SDR-1000's and
a K-1 plus a smattering of others. My past rigs have
included Drake lines, TS-820 and a TT 580 Delta, and
older rigs like home brew 6146's that used discrete
manual TR
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Pennington" <toby423@earthlink.net>
To: "Ten Tec List" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: [TenTec] SDR 1K
> I have been monitoring the Flex Radio reflector for the past everal days
and find it is extemely active, much moreso than the TT reflector. Much of
what is posted is way over my head, but I am trying to understand what all
the excitement is all about?
>
> Any of you guys own one of those SDR radios? How does it compare to the
Orion? Toby W4CAK
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