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July 21st 04, 02:06 PM
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Gavin Jacobs wrote:
In article , says... Hi all, Having done some DX'ing with a small Sony SW radio for ten years, I would like to buy a better one, connected to the pc. I was thinking of the Ten-Tech RX320D. Does anyone have any experience with this radio? Is it better than, say, Icom or Winradio? And what about computer noise? Also, I'm in an apartment and would like some kind of antenna (active?). Which one would you recommend, and where to get it. I am not really a DIY person  Thanks! [...] I agree with comment about not getting an internal card radio. Too much noise inside the best of the computer boxes. Also, they are much more expensive. At some point your new computer will come without a serial port; then you will need to buy either a USB to serial converter, or a serial card. Both these will be low risk and low cost compared to trying to make a card-radio work. While I agree with the caveats above, it depends on your goals. The WinRadio G303i is an SDR, which allows you to do a lot of interesting hacks, should you want to. The API is published. Eventually I hope the register set for the card is published, so an open-source Linux driver for it can be developed. As for its performance as an HF receiver... It's astounding. NO noise leakage from the PC at all, and it has features many other receivers don't. I've thoroughly enjoyed mine. If you get one, be sure to get the "Professional Demodulator" version -- the extra $100 for that software is worth it, just for the continuous bandwidth adjustments. Now, if you aren't interested in a PCI-based receiver, which, granted *will* have a limited lifetime, the RX-320 is well regarded. I don't have that one so I can't speak for it, pro or con. You might want to pick up a copy of "Passport to World Band Radio" to see the reviews of the two receivers. Regards, Eric -- Eric F. Richards, "Making me root for a sanctimonious statist blowhard like Kerry isn't the worst thing Bush has done to the country. But it's the offense that I take most personally." -- http://www.reason.com/links/links071304.shtml |
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