bpnjensen wrote:
On May 27, 1:45 pm, wrote:
On Thu, 27 May 2010 12:31:22 -0700 (PDT), bpnjensen

wrote:
On May 27, 11:30 am, wrote:
Grove announces price and availability for WR-G31DDC "Excalibur"
software defined receiver:http://www.grove-ent.com/shortwavereceivers.html

The screengrab pictures are sure pretty. Any idea how they satck up
against the comp?

I think it is trying to compete with the Perseus. Don't appear to be
any prototypes floating around. The earlier WR-G313e has lower dynamic
range but the numbers on this model look promising. Hopefully QST or
Sherwood Engineering will test one when they are in production and
verify the numbers.

I volunteer to test one!

Jim

As far as numbers go (at the Sherwood site), the Elecraft looks plenty
hard to beat. I wish they just made a stand-alone RX. I'd even buy
the kit, and hopefully not screw it up!

I inquired. A lot of the receive path goes backwards through the 10
Watt exciter board (filters, relays) and it is not feasible to offer the
radio without it. For General Coverage you must add a wide IF filter
and a second set of input bandpass filters. A little under $2K for a
radio that runs circles around many costing 2 or 3 (or more) times that
much money. I suggest getting a General Class ham license (no code
required since 2007) and adopting a K3, if you have a true passion for
pure radio.