Vince
For info, I have tested the FCD running on a 20m USB cable. I believe it might make 30m. That is the maximum you can do. This is achieved by using active extenders. In my 20m test, I used three 5m active extenders and a 5m passive extension.
Active extenders are nothing more than one port hubs.
I also tried running it on 10m completely passive, again no problem although technically out of USB spec.
73, Howard G6LVB
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL Sent: 03 January 2011 21:27 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need Advice for SDR choice
At 06:25 PM 1/2/2011 -0500, marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
Check out:
Assuming you only need receive, of course...
Works great...just had a QSO on FO-29 using it for receive (thanks
KB1RVT!).
73,
Mark N8MH
You know what's really interesting to me about this. With a WX type enclosure you could put the receiver right at the feedpoint of the antenna.
Well, maybe not, I don't know what the maximum USb cable length can be.
I'm going to look into SDR. My Icom r-7100 has an IF out jack I could feed into a unit.
KB7ADL
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