On Jan 7, 2:19*pm, dave wrote:
This will likely be my last solar max, why not go with the best?

Aah! - spending the childrens inheritence eh?
Enjoy and have fun - good wishes

Not sure it's the best all round - certainly is on CW, but for AM
DXing in MW and HF there are others that are better.

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7600, Perseus SDR
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A, Redsun RP2100
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Grundig G8, Eton E100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop.
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

John Plimmer wrote:
On Jan 7, 2:19 pm, wrote:
This will likely be my last solar max, why not go with the best?

Aah! - spending the childrens inheritence eh?
Enjoy and have fun - good wishes

Not sure it's the best all round - certainly is on CW, but for AM
DXing in MW and HF there are others that are better.

http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

It has a synchronous detector for AM, but you need to spend an extra
$250 for a wide roofing filter and a general coverage filter set. I'm
just going to use it for low power digital modes. I got the optional 8
pole 400 Hz crystal filer after the first mixer. This means I no longer
have to worry about some bung-hole using 100 Watts for psk31
obliterating the rest of the band segment for me. The AGC is after the
narrow filter; hence no desense. It also has the stock 2.7 kHz SSB filter.

For MWDX I'd use an FFT SDR. They are very cheap. (BTW, the K3 will
interface with some of these and allow you to use PowerSDR with the K3)

www.pskreporter.info

http://ka7ark.com/PowerSDR/ScreenShots.html