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DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
Another great DXpedition to our Atlantic Ocean Seefontein site. Great
logs and great cameradie. Some nice tropical band catches as well. see: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2011_03. I was bitterly disappointed with my Perseus SDR - feel like throwing it in the trash can. John Plimmer, Montagu, 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 |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
Glad you had a nice time John. I;ll read about it -- Burr Adventure before Dementia I'm a member of The Tea Party, I VOTE "John Plimmer" wrote in message ... Another great DXpedition to our Atlantic Ocean Seefontein site. Great logs and great cameradie. Some nice tropical band catches as well. see: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2011_03. I was bitterly disappointed with my Perseus SDR - feel like throwing it in the trash can. John Plimmer, Montagu, 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 |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
John Plimmer wrote:
Another great DXpedition to our Atlantic Ocean Seefontein site. Great logs and great cameradie. Some nice tropical band catches as well. see: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2011_03. I was bitterly disappointed with my Perseus SDR - feel like throwing it in the trash can. John Plimmer, Montagu, Cape Province, South Africa Correct link: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/seefontein_2011_03.dx |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 11, 6:39*pm, wrote:
Is it just a substantial loss of sensitivity /gain? Is the audio distorted/garbled ? *There is a new 'de-bugged' software V3.0 beta1 . Maybe that's all it needs . No, it is just less sensative and more noisy than the superb Icom. It doesn't seem to be malfunctioning, just not up to the Icom IC-7600 standard. After I had trouble on the second DXpedition I upgraded to software ver 3.0beta1 and that improved matters but it is still not up to the Icom or my pal Vince's Drake R8A. For instance he heard a clear ID on a US station at 0500z on 1480 kHz but all that was on Perseus was an unreadable het. JP |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 11, 3:45*pm, John Plimmer wrote:
On Apr 11, 6:39*pm, wrote: Is it just a substantial loss of sensitivity /gain? Is the audio distorted/garbled ? *There is a new 'de-bugged' software V3.0 beta1 . Maybe that's all it needs . No, it is just less sensative and more noisy than the superb Icom. It doesn't seem to be malfunctioning, just not up to the Icom IC-7600 standard. After I had trouble on the second DXpedition I upgraded to software ver 3.0beta1 and that improved matters but it is still not up to the Icom or my pal Vince's Drake R8A. For instance he heard a clear ID on a US station at 0500z on 1480 kHz but all that was on Perseus was an unreadable het. JP I see . A good RF generator is what is needed here . That may clear things up a little . |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
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DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 11, 5:34*am, John Plimmer wrote:
Another great DXpedition to our Atlantic Ocean Seefontein site. Great logs and great cameradie. [...] Nice! Just curious, what's your farthest trans-Atlantic USA and Canada catches? Have you ever heard any trans-Pacific DX from the mainland USA or Canada? I assume that Hawaii is somewhat possible via trans- Pacific (?). |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 11, 5:34 am, John Plimmer wrote:
Another great DXpedition to our Atlantic Ocean Seefontein site. Great logs and great cameradie. [...] Nice! Just curious, what's your farthest trans-Atlantic USA and Canada MW catches? Have you ever heard any trans-Pacific MW DX from the mainland USA or Canada? I assume that Hawaii is somewhat possible via trans- Pacific (?). |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 12, 10:57*pm, DEFCON 88 wrote:
Nice! Just curious, what's your farthest trans-Atlantic USA and Canada MW catches? Have you ever heard any trans-Pacific MW DX from the mainland USA or Canada? I assume that Hawaii is somewhat possible via trans- Pacific (?). The farthet from the Seefontein West Cost Atlantic DX site was 1410 CFUN Vancouver BC Canada 10,000 miles away 1700 XEPE "San Diego 1700" is the farthest in the USA. From our Indian Ocean East Coast DX site at Jongensgat we hve logged and QSL'd Japan, Philippines and Guam. JP |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 12, 5:20*pm, John Plimmer wrote:
On Apr 12, 10:57*pm, DEFCON 88 wrote: Nice! Just curious, what's your farthest trans-Atlantic USA and Canada MW catches? Have you ever heard any trans-Pacific MW DX from the mainland USA or Canada? I assume that Hawaii is somewhat possible via trans- Pacific (?). The farthet from the Seefontein West Cost Atlantic DX site was 1410 CFUN Vancouver BC Canada 10,000 miles away 1700 XEPE "San Diego 1700" is the farthest in the USA. From our Indian Ocean East Coast DX site at Jongensgat we hve logged and QSL'd Japan, Philippines and Guam. JP JP -technically- the Transmitter and Antenna for XEPE-AM 1700 kHz is in Tecate, BC, Mexico with cross-border English Programming to the San Diego, CA USA radio market. ~ RHF |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 12, 8:30*am, dave wrote:
On 04/11/2011 07:36 PM, wrote: JP I see . A good RF generator is what is needed here . That may clear things up a little . An Altoids tin full of coaxial attenuators (aka "Pads") comes in real handy when using cheap radios with big antennas. http://www.minicircuits.com/products...oax_fixed.html Minicircuits is practically around the corner from me . Are you referring to Perseus ? That's not exactly a very 'cheap' radio . Unless, of course, some people gold plate theirs . |
XEPE is not in the USA
On 04/12/2011 05:20 PM, John Plimmer wrote:
On Apr 12, 10:57 pm, DEFCON wrote: Nice! Just curious, what's your farthest trans-Atlantic USA and Canada MW catches? Have you ever heard any trans-Pacific MW DX from the mainland USA or Canada? I assume that Hawaii is somewhat possible via trans- Pacific (?). The farthet from the Seefontein West Cost Atlantic DX site was 1410 CFUN Vancouver BC Canada 10,000 miles away 1700 XEPE "San Diego 1700" is the farthest in the USA. From our Indian Ocean East Coast DX site at Jongensgat we hve logged and QSL'd Japan, Philippines and Guam. JP XEPE is not in the USA |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 13, 9:42*am, dave wrote:
On 04/12/2011 10:50 PM, wrote: On Apr 12, 8:30 am, *wrote: On 04/11/2011 07:36 PM, wrote: JP I see . A good RF generator is what is needed here . That may clear things up a little . An Altoids tin full of coaxial attenuators (aka "Pads") comes in real handy when using cheap radios with big antennas. http://www.minicircuits.com/products...oax_fixed.html Minicircuits is practically around the corner from me . Are you referring to Perseus ? That's not exactly a very 'cheap' radio . Unless, of course, some people gold plate theirs . Isn't it like $500? That's pretty low end for a communications receiver (even with the $300 computer you need to make it work). A radio is only as good as the front end.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Universal has it listed as $999.95. It weighs just 380 grams. It has a hot front end,according to the specs and reviews . It is NOT a 'pretty low end' receiver in my book . |
DXpedition to Seefontein in South Africa
On Apr 13, 9:22*pm, wrote:
On Apr 13, 9:42*am, dave wrote: On 04/12/2011 10:50 PM, wrote: On Apr 12, 8:30 am, *wrote: On 04/11/2011 07:36 PM, wrote: JP I see . A good RF generator is what is needed here . That may clear things up a little . An Altoids tin full of coaxial attenuators (aka "Pads") comes in real handy when using cheap radios with big antennas. http://www.minicircuits.com/products...oax_fixed.html Minicircuits is practically around the corner from me . Are you referring to Perseus ? That's not exactly a very 'cheap' radio . Unless, of course, some people gold plate theirs . Isn't it like $500? That's pretty low end for a communications receiver (even with the $300 computer you need to make it work). A radio is only as good as the front end.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Universal has it listed as $999.95. It weighs just 380 grams. It has a hot front end,according to the specs and reviews . It is NOT a 'pretty low end' receiver in my book . Dave measures everything against his baby, his Elecraft K3. It can do no wrong :-) Bruce |
Microtelecom "Perseus" Software Defined Receiver [SDR]
On Apr 14, 8:12*am, dave wrote:
Minicircuits is practically around the corner from me . Are you referring to Perseus ? That's not exactly a very 'cheap' radio . Unless, of course, some people gold plate theirs . Isn't it like $500? That's pretty low end for a communications receiver (even with the $300 computer you need to make it work). A radio is only as good as the front end.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Universal has it listed as $999.95. It weighs just 380 grams. It has a hot front end,according to the specs and reviews . It is NOT a 'pretty low end' receiver in my book . I was confused. I was thinking of this one, which is pretty much the same.. http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0106.html A "hot" front end would definitely benefit from an attenuator upstream. A preselector would work too, unless you were "panning". Microtelecom "Perseus" Software Defined Receiver [SDR] http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0122.html |
Microtelecom "Perseus" Software Defined Receiver [SDR]
On 04/14/2011 03:12 PM, RHF wrote:
Microtelecom "Perseus" Software Defined Receiver [SDR] http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0122.html . Perseus SDR Specifications http://www.universal-radio.com/catal.../0122spec.html . http://www.universal-radio.com/catal.../0106spec.html |
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