[amsat-bb] Re: Need Advice for SDR choice

[Howard Long]

Vince

For info, I have tested the FCD running on a 20m USB cable. I believe it
might make 30m. That is the maximum you can do. This is achieved by using
active extenders. In my 20m test, I used three 5m active extenders and a 5m
passive extension.

Active extenders are nothing more than one port hubs.

I also tried running it on 10m completely passive, again no problem although
technically out of USB spec.

73, Howard G6LVB

-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
Sent: 03 January 2011 21:27
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need Advice for SDR choice

At 06:25 PM 1/2/2011 -0500, marklhammond at gmail.com wrote:
>Check out:
>
>http://www.funcubedongle.com/
>
>Assuming you only need receive, of course...
>
>Works great...just had a QSO on FO-29 using it for receive (thanks
KB1RVT!).
>
>73,
>
>Mark N8MH


You know what's really interesting to me about this. With a WX type 
enclosure you could put the receiver right at the feedpoint of the antenna.

Well, maybe not, I don't know what the maximum USb cable length can be.

I'm going to look into SDR.  My Icom r-7100 has an IF out jack I could feed 
into a unit.

KB7ADL

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