[amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D

[Stefan Wagener]

Thanks Daryl,

No, never had one. Reviews however look promising and you can get it for
$150 from HRO.

Maybe other folks can chip in about their experiences.

73, Stefan, VE4NSA

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Daryl Young <k4rgk at arrl.net> wrote:

> Stefan,
>
> I'm curious if you worked with SDRPlay in your testing.  It has positive
> feedback here but it's not included in your tested "3". I've had great
> operational results with the SDRPlay but I have not compared it with other
> SDR receivers for satellite work.
>
> Thanks & 73
>
> *Daryl
> K4RGK
>
>
> *
>
> On 1/22/2016 5:59 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote:
>
>> Hi Graham.
>>
>> If you check online, the HackRF has been a huge disappointment as a
>> receiver for a number of reasons. The airspy is better but at the end it
>> is
>> the FCD Pro+ that will outperform all of them especially with the narrow
>> SAW filters on 2m and 70cm. I had all three and tested them extensively
>> for
>> satellite work. At the end I only kept the FCDplus+.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Stefan, VE4NSA
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Graham <planophore at aei.ca> wrote:
>>
>> very interesting discussion.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any first hand experience using the Airspy SDR
>>> http://airspy.com/
>>>
>>> It is in the same price range as FCDP+ and a bit more than the SDRPlay.
>>>
>>> There are so many to choose from with prices all the over the place. I
>>> realize that you get what you pay for but sometimes that is not always
>>> obvious, for example the HackRF devices are considerably more the
>>> SDRPlay/FCDP+/Airspy but as someone commented, lacks front end filtering
>>> making them a poorer choice.
>>>
>>> So far I have been only dabbling with receiving the many satellites now
>>> flying about. It has been a long time since I have made any contacts
>>> through any of them, that was back in the OSCAR 7/8, RS10/11 era.
>>>
>>> cheers, Graham ve3gtc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2016-01-22 20:45, Clayton W5PFG wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
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