anyone use SDRs?

i am looking at the Ciaoradio. it is 349 Euros, and i think it comes with
the software. i may invest in the software alone at first.

i would like an RFspace SDR, because it can record 160 khz band to hard
drive. both that and the Gnuradio hardware are too expensive.

i am using my sound card for DC to 22 khz reception.

my Sony ICF2001 is doing poorly. i suspect there is corrosion in the
potentiometers. and i may have blown out the front end somehow. i hear you
can mess up a front end and the radio will still work, but you can't hear
much of anything.

my choices now a

1. repair the Yaesu transceiver
2. use the Yaesu FRG7 receiver
3. get a Sangean or Ciaoradio
4. focus on ELF with an Maudio card

i'd love to have an SDR, but i still want to decode RTTY and do other
things. so a gen purpose receiver may be easiest.

Gravity

Have ya looked at WinRadio's line?

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anyone use SDRs?

i am looking at the Ciaoradio. it is 349 Euros, and i think it comes with
the software. i may invest in the software alone at first.

i would like an RFspace SDR, because it can record 160 khz band to hard
drive. both that and the Gnuradio hardware are too expensive.

i am using my sound card for DC to 22 khz reception.

my Sony ICF2001 is doing poorly. i suspect there is corrosion in the
potentiometers. and i may have blown out the front end somehow. i hear
you
can mess up a front end and the radio will still work, but you can't hear
much of anything.

my choices now a

1. repair the Yaesu transceiver
2. use the Yaesu FRG7 receiver
3. get a Sangean or Ciaoradio
4. focus on ELF with an Maudio card

i'd love to have an SDR, but i still want to decode RTTY and do other
things. so a gen purpose receiver may be easiest.

Gravity

gravity wrote:
anyone use SDRs?

i am looking at the Ciaoradio. it is 349 Euros, and i think it comes with
the software. i may invest in the software alone at first.

i would like an RFspace SDR, because it can record 160 khz band to hard
drive. both that and the Gnuradio hardware are too expensive.

i am using my sound card for DC to 22 khz reception.

my Sony ICF2001 is doing poorly. i suspect there is corrosion in the
potentiometers. and i may have blown out the front end somehow. i hear you
can mess up a front end and the radio will still work, but you can't hear
much of anything.

my choices now a

1. repair the Yaesu transceiver
2. use the Yaesu FRG7 receiver
3. get a Sangean or Ciaoradio
4. focus on ELF with an Maudio card

i'd love to have an SDR, but i still want to decode RTTY and do other
things. so a gen purpose receiver may be easiest.

Gravity

I think analog front end and RF DSP demo is the way to go. I wish the
market would work more on such a product. I don't consider DSP in the
analog to be the solution. I'd like to see a FFT panoramic display in
the radio, or at least a port to feed it to a PC.