[Premium-Rx] Utility Monitoring Receiver

[Clemens Paul]

Hi,

why not use one of the modern SDRs?
Compared to their capabilties classical premium receivers look really old.
See e.g.
https://www.wimo.com/titan-sdr-receiver_e.html
The pro version scans 40 channels **simultaneiously**,
but your friend would have to spend a bit more than 1000 bucks.  
A review (in english!) can be found at
http://ratzer.at/pdf/TitanSDR_DK8OK.pdf

73
Clemens
DL4RAJ  

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Premium-Rx [mailto:premium-rx-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
>On Behalf Of spencer
>Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 6:07 AM
>To: premium-rx at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Premium-Rx] Utility Monitoring Receiver
>
>All-
>I have a highly technical friend who has long been involved in 
>radio communications who has asked a question of me that I 
>thought I would post to the list and see what others might recommend.
>
>Here is his question, along with a few qualifiers.
>
>He is looking for a quality HF receiver that can be used to 
>monitor a number (let's say 30) of HF frequencies. These will 
>be spread across the 4-22 MHz range. These will all be placed 
>in memory and the receiver left to scan. He will use a 
>broadband loop for his receive antenna.
>
>He wants receiver audio squelched, and the receiver to stop 
>and monitor SSB utility traffic, mainly aeronautical traffic 
>(his wife works for a European air carrier and he has some 
>interest in this traffic as a result). This seems to call for 
>syllabic squelch rather than noise squelch, especially given 
>that the receiver will see widely varying levels of band noise 
>as it scans the wide frequency range he is interested in.
>
>He also does not want the noise of opening and closing relays 
>in the receiver preselector. His goal is silence when not 
>receiving traffic.
>
>His goal is to spend around $1000 USD for a used unit. My 
>thought was that using one of the transceivers designed for 
>'commercial' mobile or base station use may be his best 
>choice. Something like a Micom/Mobat, Codan, or Barrett. He 
>does not need a receiver with a tuning knob since he already 
>has this capability.
>
>I have not used any of these radios personally, though do have 
>a Motorola Micom receiver that has very nice syllabic squelch action. 
>
>So what would readers recommend? I am pretty sure the 
>Motorola/Mobat gear all have syllabic squelch but don't know 
>if there are relay switched front end filters. I assume the 
>Ausie gear also has good SSB squelch, but don't have direct experience.
>
>Thanks in advance for your feedback on this. I realize it's a 
>bit 'on the edge' of a premium rx topic!
>
>Spencer K7SLB
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