[amsat-bb] Best SDR for satellite reception

[Jim Jerzycke]

I'm not really sure other than the ext 10MHz input, and a wider bandwidth.


I'd been through enough "dongles", and wanted something different.


The HackRF is only 8-bits, something I didn't expect for the price, and 
I had major trouble running the SDRPlay units with Linux.


Jim


On 08/17/2017 08:31 PM, Andrew Rich wrote:
> What does the big brother airspy do over the mini ?
>
> Andrew
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 18 Aug 2017, at 6:29 am, Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> I have the "full size" Airspy, and it works very well. I've gone through half a dozen USB dongles, both Fun Cube dongles, the HackRF, and both SDRPlay units, and I like the Airspy the best.
>>
>>
>> 73, Jim  KQ6EA
>>
>>
>>> On 08/17/2017 07:27 PM, Simon Brown wrote:
>>> Well,
>>>
>>> It's sensitive, has a good dynamic range (fewer problems from pages, FM
>>> Stereo transmitters) etc.
>>>
>>> Simon Brown, G4ELI
>>> www.sdr-radio.com
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Andrew Rich [mailto:vk4tec at internode.on.net]
>>> Sent: 17 August 2017 20:26
>>> To: Simon Brown <simon at sdr-radio.com>
>>> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Best SDR for satellite reception
>>>
>>> I don't know what it is about the mini maybe it's the tracking filters but
>>> it works well
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On 18 Aug 2017, at 5:12 am, Simon Brown <simon at sdr-radio.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Andrew,
>>>>
>>>> The Airspy Mini is a very good SDR, you have not made a mistake. At
>>>> 1,296MHz you'll probably need a LNA.
>>>>
>>>> Simon Brown, G4ELI
>>>> www.sdr-radio.com
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Andrew
>>>> Rich
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> I have selected the airspy mini based on the fact
>>>>
>>>> It's 12 bits
>>>> It's got tracking filters
>>>> It works with sdr sharp, hdsdr, gnuradio, gqrx
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone bought out a satellite specific SDR ?
>>>>
>>>> The funcube dongle is probably the best ?
>>>>
>>>> I have a hack rf as well as rtl sdr and sdr play
>>>>
>>>> Andrew
>>>>
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