Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D

23 Jan 2016

      Move up the thread, Patrick WD9EWK  has written about his experience using the AIRplay. He links to it in his comments.
73
Rick Tejera K7TEJ
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.SaguaroAstro.org
Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club
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On January 22, 2016, at 16:49, Stefan Wagener wageners@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Daryl,
No, never had one. Reviews however look promising and you can get it for
$150 from HRO.
Maybe other folks can chip in about their experiences.
73, Stefan, VE4NSA
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Daryl Young k4rgk@arrl.net wrote:
...
Stefan,
I'm curious if you worked with SDRPlay in your testing.  It has positive
feedback here but it's not included in your tested "3". I've had great
operational results with the SDRPlay but I have not compared it with other
SDR receivers for satellite work.
Thanks & 73
*Daryl
K4RGK

On 1/22/2016 5:59 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote:
...
Hi Graham.
If you check online, the HackRF has been a huge disappointment as a
receiver for a number of reasons. The airspy is better but at the end it
is
the FCD Pro+ that will outperform all of them especially with the narrow
SAW filters on 2m and 70cm. I had all three and tested them extensively
for
satellite work. At the end I only kept the FCDplus+.
Hope this helps,
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Graham planophore@aei.ca wrote:
very interesting discussion.
...
Does anyone have any first hand experience using the Airspy SDR
http://airspy.com/
It is in the same price range as FCDP+ and a bit more than the SDRPlay.
There are so many to choose from with prices all the over the place. I
realize that you get what you pay for but sometimes that is not always
obvious, for example the HackRF devices are considerably more the
SDRPlay/FCDP+/Airspy but as someone commented, lacks front end filtering
making them a poorer choice.
So far I have been only dabbling with receiving the many satellites now
flying about. It has been a long time since I have made any contacts
through any of them, that was back in the OSCAR 7/8, RS10/11 era.
cheers, Graham ve3gtc
On 2016-01-22 20:45, Clayton W5PFG wrote:
Like others have mentioned here, the $20-25 RTL Dongles have not worked
...
very well for me when combined with a transmitter.  The FT-857D/FUNcube
DonglePro+ combo worked well for me. Not one of the two RTL dongles was
suitable for regular use.  I rank the RTL's as a failure for both mode
B or
J birds without significant additional filters.  For simple receive use,
they're okay.
If compactness was a desire, the FCDP+ would be my choice. However, the
SDRPlay mentioned has a lot more bandwidth capability and is reasonably
priced from HRO in the states.
73
Clayton
W5PFG

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