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SDRplay Duo reception

Friday, January 18 2019


Hi Nick, thatâs good to know. I thought I would check in case any of our technical DXeratti had some magical adjustment. But the good news is that I am most impressed with the 7300.
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> On Jan 18, 2019, at 8:34 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@ieee.org> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately both Chuck Hutton and Guy Atkins posted earlier on this list (beginning of September) that the Duo's performance was underwhelming, Chris, so it seems that your experience is not unique.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
> At 16:00 2019-01-18, Chris Black wrote:
>> Having been a DXer and Ham for many years, I am enjoying getting back in the hobby and seeing familiar names.
>> Although the Duo is at the lower end of the SDR price point scale, hearing some positives I thought it would be a good place to start.
>> After running extensive simultaneous reception tests on MW I have been underwhelmed by its performance. With some carriers barely above the noise floor and not a peep of audio, I hear clear audio, often on multiple station on the Icom 7300.
>> I have made no adjustments to the default ExtIo settings and was wondering what other users have found and what settings changes, if any, improved reception.
>> Best 73 to all
>> Chris
>>
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