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Are SDR radios worth it or is it all hype?
- Thread starter Tallman
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There is value to the SDR as well as limitations.
I have recently acquired an SDRplay RSPdx and an RTL-SDR.com v3 dongle. I am primarily using them with Linux using Cubic SDR. I find the RSPdx will overload from the local AM (250 Watts, 8 miles away) and FM (20 kW or so about 5 miles away), otherwise the limitation of strong signal handling most likely won't come into play here.
In my shack an SDR will be an adjunct to the K3 as I'm not really interested having to talk through my computer, fun though that might be to try. A self-contained unit as the forthcoming K4 may be attractive in the coming years. In the mean time I shall carry on as I have.
I have recently acquired an SDRplay RSPdx and an RTL-SDR.com v3 dongle. I am primarily using them with Linux using Cubic SDR. I find the RSPdx will overload from the local AM (250 Watts, 8 miles away) and FM (20 kW or so about 5 miles away), otherwise the limitation of strong signal handling most likely won't come into play here.
In my shack an SDR will be an adjunct to the K3 as I'm not really interested having to talk through my computer, fun though that might be to try. A self-contained unit as the forthcoming K4 may be attractive in the coming years. In the mean time I shall carry on as I have.
