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Old August 5th 09, 02:16 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Software Defined Receivers (SDR) Questions

On Aug 5, 8:01*am, dxAce wrote:
Robert11 wrote:
Hi,


Just curious:


How popular are these software defined receivers (SDR) these days for
general
sw listening in the price range of, say, up to $ 1,500 ? *The kind that work
with one's PC.


Haven't thought about them in quite a while.


Is WinRadio still the standard for these kind of things, or are there now
others also offering them, that are comparable, or better ?


Still, there's something really nice about twisting knobs, I guess, but this
old fashioned concept really dates me.


For a $ 1,500 budget what would you get ? *Why ?


(for MIL and AM up to 30 MHz mainly; possibly some VHF/UHF if capable)


I'm not familiar with the setup, but I have heard of a unit known as a
Perseus(sp) which a number of DX'ers are using.- Hide quoted text -

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now gone. Can you believe this group now? People
actually asking radio/antenna questions and people actually
answering them? :-D

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