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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/4FBAWM2OPZ3DMRDL3MQANPFJ6JRL63F4/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "4FBAWM2OPZ3DMRDL3MQANPFJ6JRL63F4", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/4FBAWM2OPZ3DMRDL3MQANPFJ6JRL63F4/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "saguaroastro (a) cox.net", "mailman_id": "a4a1e7d14c254c03bd1ba487c7a01f6d", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/a4a1e7d14c254c03bd1ba487c7a01f6d/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Richard Tejera", "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D", "date": "2016-01-23T00:23:48Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Move up the thread, Patrick WD9EWK has written about his experience using the AIRplay. He links to it in his comments.\n\n73\n\nRick Tejera K7TEJ\nSaguaro Astronomy Club\nwww.SaguaroAstro.org\nThunderbird Amateur Radio Club\nwww.w7tbc.org\n\nOn January 22, 2016, at 16:49, Stefan Wagener <[email protected]> wrote:\n\nThanks Daryl,\r\n\r\nNo, never had one. Reviews however look promising and you can get it for\r\n$150 from HRO.\r\n\r\nMaybe other folks can chip in about their experiences.\r\n\r\n73, Stefan, VE4NSA\r\n\r\nOn Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Daryl Young <[email protected]> wrote:\r\n\r\n> Stefan,\r\n>\r\n> I'm curious if you worked with SDRPlay in your testing. It has positive\r\n> feedback here but it's not included in your tested \"3\". I've had great\r\n> operational results with the SDRPlay but I have not compared it with other\r\n> SDR receivers for satellite work.\r\n>\r\n> Thanks & 73\r\n>\r\n> *Daryl\r\n> K4RGK\r\n>\r\n>\r\n> *\r\n>\r\n> On 1/22/2016 5:59 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote:\r\n>\r\n>> Hi Graham.\r\n>>\r\n>> If you check online, the HackRF has been a huge disappointment as a\r\n>> receiver for a number of reasons. The airspy is better but at the end it\r\n>> is\r\n>> the FCD Pro+ that will outperform all of them especially with the narrow\r\n>> SAW filters on 2m and 70cm. I had all three and tested them extensively\r\n>> for\r\n>> satellite work. At the end I only kept the FCDplus+.\r\n>>\r\n>> Hope this helps,\r\n>>\r\n>> Stefan, VE4NSA\r\n>>\r\n>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Graham <[email protected]> wrote:\r\n>>\r\n>> very interesting discussion.\r\n>>>\r\n>>> Does anyone have any first hand experience using the Airspy SDR\r\n>>> http://airspy.com/\r\n>>>\r\n>>> It is in the same price range as FCDP+ and a bit more than the SDRPlay.\r\n>>>\r\n>>> There are so many to choose from with prices all the over the place. I\r\n>>> realize that you get what you pay for but sometimes that is not always\r\n>>> obvious, for example the HackRF devices are considerably more the\r\n>>> SDRPlay/FCDP+/Airspy but as someone commented, lacks front end filtering\r\n>>> making them a poorer choice.\r\n>>>\r\n>>> So far I have been only dabbling with receiving the many satellites now\r\n>>> flying about. It has been a long time since I have made any contacts\r\n>>> through any of them, that was back in the OSCAR 7/8, RS10/11 era.\r\n>>>\r\n>>> cheers, Graham ve3gtc\r\n>>>\r\n>>>\r\n>>>\r\n>>>\r\n>>>\r\n>>> On 2016-01-22 20:45, Clayton W5PFG wrote:\r\n>>>\r\n>>> Like others have mentioned here, the $20-25 RTL Dongles have not worked\r\n>>>> very well for me when combined with a transmitter. The FT-857D/FUNcube\r\n>>>> DonglePro+ combo worked well for me. Not one of the two RTL dongles was\r\n>>>> suitable for regular use. I rank the RTL's as a failure for both mode\r\n>>>> B or\r\n>>>> J birds without significant additional filters. For simple receive use,\r\n>>>> they're okay.\r\n>>>>\r\n>>>> If compactness was a desire, the FCDP+ would be my choice. However, the\r\n>>>> SDRPlay mentioned has a lot more bandwidth capability and is reasonably\r\n>>>> priced from HRO in the states.\r\n>>>>\r\n>>>> 73\r\n>>>> Clayton\r\n>>>> W5PFG\r\n>>>>\r\n>>>> _______________________________________________\r\n>>> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\r\n>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\r\n>>> Opinions\r\n>>> expressed\r\n>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\r\n>>> AMSAT-NA.\r\n>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite\r\n>>> program!\r\n>>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\r\n>>>\r\n>>> _______________________________________________\r\n>> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\r\n>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\r\n>> Opinions expressed\r\n>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\r\n>> AMSAT-NA.\r\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\r\n>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\r\n>>\r\n>>\r\n>>\r\n> _______________________________________________\r\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\r\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\r\n> expressed\r\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\r\n> AMSAT-NA.\r\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\r\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\r\n>\r\n_______________________________________________\r\nSent via [email protected]. 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