[Lowfer] eLoran test July 29 - Aug 15

Garry k3siw at sbcglobal.net
Sun Aug 7 06:47:04 EDT 2016


Jim, I use a basic e-probe/SDR-IQ for reception. There are many more, 
improved SDR choices available today. I'm not familiar with the Cloud-IQ 
but with 24 bits that's a good thing. Not good is the lack of an 
external clock input. I've modified one of my SDR-IQs to run off a 
GPS-locked external clock. Perhaps that's not too hard to do for the 
Cloud-IQ. The Cloud-IQ has a TCXO while the SDR-IQ just has an XO. 
However, I've noticed that as long as the SDR-IQ clock is recently 
calibrated it's quite stable when used in a normal hamshack environment. 
For example, no problem decoding Wolf transmissions. Perhaps others will 
chime in with their opinions of what today's best receiver is from a 
performance/cost viewpoint.

73, Garry


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