Re: [IRCA] State of the art SDR (Perseus, etc)

[Chuck <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

Nick -

Studio One is free with Perseus purchases.

The Afedri has been tested by top notch MW DXer Bjarne Mjelde and he is 
quite satisfied. As it has less dynamic range that the Perseus, I expect 
someone with some antenna will sooner or later see a small problem. But 
with a delivered price tag of around $250 I think it will gain an audience.


Chuck


On 11/24/2012 7:45 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
> I would think that the Perseus has the largest user base, Les, and as 
> Neil mentioned, there is other software, though Studio 1 has a price 
> tag (successor to WRPlus with which I believe you have some experience) .
>
> I hope some of the Excalibur users check in.   I haven't DXed with it, 
> but was quite impressed with its software interface when Bruce Conti 
> showed it to me, and I believe it is the least expensive of the "full 
> MW band" SDRs.    Mind you, the inability to record large bandwidth 
> without using a workaround or paying extra could be a deal breaker, 
> and so far, if you don't like the vendor's software, I'm not sure 
> there is any alternative.
>
> As a caveat to the "least expensive" above, there is the Afedri 
> SDR-net http://4z5lv.net/index.php/afedri-sdr-net-description, 1200kHz 
> bandwidth, but I think you would be breaking new ground for the MW 
> DXer; they claim you can drive it with SDR-radio software.    I'd be 
> tempted to try it, especially if I travelled more; maybe next year.
>
> My own experience is with RFSpace, but I suspect the NetSDR's premium 
> price is justified only for those with instrumentation interests, are 
> looking for the potential for two different radios in one box 
> (developed but not yet sold; but try listening to a shortwave parallel 
> for a MW TP on any other SDR)  and/or who like the idea of being 
> provided with example software that they can modify for their own 
> use.    It will be interesting to see how the imminent version 2 of 
> SDR-console flies.    Free, continually upgraded software, but version 
> 1.5 never quite addressed some of my concerns as a DXer, which 
> surprisingly, Spectravue did.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick

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