[amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D

[Clayton W5PFG]

Like others have mentioned here, the $20-25 RTL Dongles have not worked 
very well for me when combined with a transmitter.  The FT-857D/FUNcube 
DonglePro+ combo worked well for me. Not one of the two RTL dongles was 
suitable for regular use.  I rank the RTL's as a failure for both mode B 
or J birds without significant additional filters.  For simple receive 
use, they're okay.

If compactness was a desire, the FCDP+ would be my choice. However, the 
SDRPlay mentioned has a lot more bandwidth capability and is reasonably 
priced from HRO in the states.

73
Clayton
W5PFG

On 1/22/2016 13:10, John Toscano wrote:
> Mentioning that you are waiting for a tax refund makes me think you are
> planning to dive into SDR with a fairly high-end and expensive unit, You
> can probably get away with spending $25 or so if you have reasonably modest
> expectations. Noo Elec makes a whole line of SDR devices, from inexpensive
> dongles to the pricier (but well worth it if you have the passion) HackRF
> unit. Take a look here:
>    http://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr.html
>
> There are some dongle vendors who sell junk. the Noo Elec units are high
> quality. Of course, take that recommendation from someone who owns one of
> their dongles, plus HackRF Blue board (clone of the HackRF and virtually
> unobtainable now), and a Flex-1500.
> ;^)
> 73 de W0JT/5, EL09vu
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:28 AM, Franklyn A. Ballentine, Jr <
> art.ballentine at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I just wanted to say thank you.
>> I was also wondering the same thing and to see that it works well using an
>> SDR for receive is very reassuring.
>> Tax refund going to an SDR now.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>> 73
>> Frank B
>> kb1qzh
>> FN31fa
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It gets far more interesting when there is a language barrier. One of
>>> these days I'll tell the "Documentos" story.
>>>
>>> Use an 857d and an IC-7000 in a Pelican case for moderate worldwide
>>> indestructibility. The Icom was chosen because of it's dual ADI DSP
>>> units working at IF. Power hog on standby. 2x what the Yaesu is.
>>> Wanted the flexibility of having an analog front end, as well, though.
>>> Each has it's strong points.
>>>
>>> Batteries are an easy commodity in the rest of the world. Most of the
>>> passes in the lands of la-la use the automobile as the power source.
>>> Surplus HP server supplies are useful and light. The bay your friend..
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 5:13 PM, J. Boyd (JR2TTS)
>>> <the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:55:07 -0500, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anybody using a Yaesu FT 857D to work the SSB satellites? If so, what
>> do
>>>>> you think? Can you take it outside and use it with an Arrow antenna?
>>>>
>>>> This is probably overkill, but I've got two of 'em, one each for up and
>>>> down. One sitting on top of the other makes for a nice compact setup
>>>> that's easy to read. I took a piece of advice from KB5WIA, who does it
>>>> with two FT817's in a similar fashion
>>>> (http://kb5wia.blogspot.jp/2010/10/satellite-portable-station.html),
>> and
>>>> change the color of the display on one of the rigs so I can tell them
>>>> apart.
>>>>
>>>> I also have an adapter for my Heil Proset 6 headset, so I have the
>>>> headphone out jack coming out of one rig, and the mic/PTT going into
>> the
>>>> other with a hand switch. So all I have to do is walk around the back
>> of
>>>> my truck with a headset on, aiming an antenna on a tripod at the sky,
>>>> with one hand gripping what looks like a detonator. You'll have to
>>>> excuse me, the cops are here.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B
>>>> the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/
>>>> http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS
>>>> Twitter: @Minus2_C
>>>>
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