[Lowfer] SDR Receuver

[Zack Widup]

By the way, for those of you not on the Softrock40 list, Tony is planning
on making and selling a Softrock RXTX unit that covers 1750 meters. It will
probably be available later this year.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Douglas D. Williams <kb4oer at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello again Jerry. I believe we "spoke" on the LWCA message board.
>
> I finally made the decision to purchase an SDR and bought the Winradio
> G33DDC "Excalibur Pro". I've only had it since yesterday, but so far I am
> very impressed. It seems quite sensitive all the way down to 10 kHz, and
> the frequency stability is rock solid at even QRSS120. It is actually THREE
> receivers, independant in all settings.
>
> Earlier today I posted a pic of an ARGO screenshot of Mitch Powell's beacon
> "MP" running QRSS30 on 137.781 kHz. He is about 500 miles from me, IIRC,
> and this was a daytime copy.
>
> It remains to be seen if the G33DDC is as good a receiver on LF as my R75 +
> Todd Roberts converter. That is a hard combination to beat. I wish I had
> some sort of "splitter" so I could use them both at the same time with the
> same antenna, for an A/B comparison.
>
> I've been playing around with the software all day. I am receiving many of
> the military MSK transmissions in the 15-40 kHz range, including Australia
> and Europe.
>
> I'm hearing many airport beacons in the 190-500 kHz range.
>
> The noise blanker does a suberb job against my neighbor's electric fence.
>
> One thing I don't like.....the receiver turns off whenever you exit the
> software. This is only an inconvenience for modes that require extreme
> frequency stability, such as QRSS, because the receiver has to "warm up"
> again for a few minutes before it adequate frequency stability.
>
> 73,
> Doug - KB4OER
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Jerry Parker <wa6owr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyone running and SDR on 1750?
> >
> > Is there an SDR on 1750 on line?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jerry
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