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From: | Tom Rondeau |
Subject: | Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] SDR advice for newcomer? |
Date: | Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:32:16 -0700 |
If you are a ham and doesn't want to spend too much, I would recommend
Peaberry SDR V2 (and it's not just receiver it's 4-band tranceiver and
it doesn't require sound card opposed to softrock). It will cost you
$150 as a kit (quite easy to build) or $250 built.
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:50:42 -0400
Mike Markowski <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have experience in DSP but am completely new to Gnuradio and
> excited to get started. Because I'm also a ham I am thinking of
> buying one of
>
> 1. lp-pan (US $250)
> 2. softrock Ensemble II (US $87)
>
> and have a linux-only computer. With that tiny background, I wonder
> if any list members would recommend one of these SDRs over the other?
>
> Lp-pan works at my transceiver's IF and would integrate nicely with
> my ham radio set up.
>
> Softrock rcvr is just over 1/3 the lp-pan price, though, and not
> dependent on my amateur gear.
>
> Seems like 6 of one, half dozen of the other - or are there other
> factors I'm overlooking?
>
> Thanks very much!
> Mike ab3ap
Alexey Bazhin <address@hidden>
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