[amsat-bb] Re: FCD/SDR

[Bryce Salmi]

Page 30 of the January 2013 QST "Cheap Easy SDR", check out the digital
edition of QST if you are an ARRL member and don't have that QST on-hand.


Bryce
KB1LQC


On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Pat McGrath <ka6tya at arrl.net> wrote:

> What QST article?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lubbers K8TL [mailto:k8tl at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 6:02 AM
> To: AMSAT BB
> Subject: [amsat-bb] FCD/SDR
>
> I have the original FCD and the HF adapter. I ordered the new DC to light
> FCD a few hours before the December QST arrived.
>
> I have been playing with the dongle for a while.  Mainly on the satellites
> but have also copied EME JT65 signals with it. On FO-29 and AO-7 it is fun
> to watch the whole band pass at once.
>
> In many cases some preselection is necessary (VHF repeater for the gas
> company is close by, if you don't tune it out the system is desensed).  On
> the HF side, a simple LC tuner as a quantum improvement.
>
> SO after the QST article I stopped by Best Buy. Without the benefit of
> exotic test equipment a can say I can't tell the difference!!
>
> I hooked up the HF adapter, again can't tell the difference.
>
> Now all I need is a computer controlled VFO!!
>
> 73 Merry Christmas and HNY
>
> Tom K8TL
>
>
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