Re: [amsat-bb] Best SDR for satellite reception
Great response Patrick. We all know you get what you pay for. Please continue telling us about your evaluations and experiences. I highly value your opinion and observations. I have a FCD Pro +, a SDR Play as well as the special dongle to receive the Outernet from the geosynchronous bird, and another dongle I currently use to send realtime Flight Aware data from my location. Keep up the good work. Please continue to share your valuable information, Patrick. 73, Rick - WB3CSY
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RTL-SDR - $30 8 bits 2 MHz sample subject to overload HackRF $280 - birdies but can TX and RX 10 MHz to 6 GHz - good for GNU Radio Playing 12 bits 20 MHz SDR Play - $300 - Nice lots of filters a good allrounder - Airspy Mini - $200 Nice and compact medium perfromer FCD Plus - $300 a winner on 2 meters and 70 centimetres
I would love to get my hands on a commercial SDR
Andrew
On 15 Aug 2017, at 4:53 am, Rick Walter [email protected] wrote:
Great response Patrick. We all know you get what you pay for. Please continue telling us about your evaluations and experiences. I highly value your opinion and observations. I have a FCD Pro +, a SDR Play as well as the special dongle to receive the Outernet from the geosynchronous bird, and another dongle I currently use to send realtime Flight Aware data from my location. Keep up the good work. Please continue to share your valuable information, Patrick. 73, Rick - WB3CSY
Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - Arthur C. Clarke
"Klaatu Barada Nikto" - The Day the Earth Stood Still
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Rick's list is very good. I would also add LimeSDR as a good candidate (I don't yet own one).
I have been using the RTL-SDR (original black one with the R820T chip), RTL-SDR (Nooelec metal case with R820T2), RTL-SDR (blue with TCXO and R820T2), Funcube Dongle Pro, Funcube Dongle Pro+ (FCD+) and SDRPlay RSP2. The RTLs are "ok" for casual testing and signal hunting -- specially on the bench. But their limited dynamic range, lack of band-pass filtering, high noise figure and low ADC bit depth prevent using them in any serious activity. I do however use the Nooelec for some 10 GHz experimentation (with a LNBF). For monitoring satellites on VHF/UHF, I find the FCD+ the best performer. The filtering, dynamic range and sensitivity is quite good. The SDRPlay is also a very good performer, but it requires some careful adjustments to perform as well as the FCD+.
73, Edson PY2SDR
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Andrew Rich [email protected] wrote:
RTL-SDR - $30 8 bits 2 MHz sample subject to overload HackRF $280 - birdies but can TX and RX 10 MHz to 6 GHz - good for GNU Radio Playing 12 bits 20 MHz SDR Play - $300 - Nice lots of filters a good allrounder - Airspy Mini - $200 Nice and compact medium perfromer FCD Plus - $300 a winner on 2 meters and 70 centimetres
I would love to get my hands on a commercial SDR
Andrew
On 15 Aug 2017, at 4:53 am, Rick Walter [email protected] wrote:
Great response Patrick. We all know you get what you pay for. Please
continue telling us about your evaluations and experiences. I highly value your opinion and observations. I have a FCD Pro +, a SDR Play as well as the special dongle to receive the Outernet from the geosynchronous bird, and another dongle I currently use to send realtime Flight Aware data from my location. Keep up the good work. Please continue to share your valuable information, Patrick.
73, Rick - WB3CSY
Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre
minds" - Albert Einstein
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" -
Arthur C. Clarke
"Klaatu Barada Nikto" - The Day the Earth Stood Still
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Hi All,
I could possibly be seen as slightly biased but i agree with Edson!
I have tried a number of other SDRs (including an early LIme) and for satellite work, unless you need more than 192kHz bandwidth, the FCD+ still gets my vote. Its filtering is robust in almost any high QRM environment and it even seems to magically survive the odd unintentional burst of RF transmitted directly into it.
73
Graham
G3VZV
On 14/08/2017 21:08, Edson W. R. Pereira wrote:
Rick's list is very good. I would also add LimeSDR as a good candidate (I don't yet own one).
I have been using the RTL-SDR (original black one with the R820T chip), RTL-SDR (Nooelec metal case with R820T2), RTL-SDR (blue with TCXO and R820T2), Funcube Dongle Pro, Funcube Dongle Pro+ (FCD+) and SDRPlay RSP2. The RTLs are "ok" for casual testing and signal hunting -- specially on the bench. But their limited dynamic range, lack of band-pass filtering, high noise figure and low ADC bit depth prevent using them in any serious activity. I do however use the Nooelec for some 10 GHz experimentation (with a LNBF). For monitoring satellites on VHF/UHF, I find the FCD+ the best performer. The filtering, dynamic range and sensitivity is quite good. The SDRPlay is also a very good performer, but it requires some careful adjustments to perform as well as the FCD+.
73, Edson PY2SDR
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Andrew Rich [email protected] wrote:
I am liking the AirSpy mini but will wait for the funcube dongle
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-----Original Message----- From: Graham Shirville [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 15 August 2017 7:39 AM To: Edson W. R. Pereira [email protected]; Andrew Rich [email protected] Cc: Amsat BB [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Best SDR for satellite reception
Hi All,
I could possibly be seen as slightly biased but i agree with Edson!
I have tried a number of other SDRs (including an early LIme) and for satellite work, unless you need more than 192kHz bandwidth, the FCD+ still gets my vote. Its filtering is robust in almost any high QRM environment and it even seems to magically survive the odd unintentional burst of RF transmitted directly into it.
73
Graham
G3VZV
On 14/08/2017 21:08, Edson W. R. Pereira wrote:
Rick's list is very good. I would also add LimeSDR as a good candidate (I don't yet own one).
I have been using the RTL-SDR (original black one with the R820T chip), RTL-SDR (Nooelec metal case with R820T2), RTL-SDR (blue with TCXO and R820T2), Funcube Dongle Pro, Funcube Dongle Pro+ (FCD+) and SDRPlay RSP2. The RTLs are "ok" for casual testing and signal hunting -- specially on the bench. But their limited dynamic range, lack of band-pass filtering, high noise figure and low ADC bit depth prevent using them in any serious activity. I do however use the Nooelec for some 10 GHz experimentation (with a LNBF). For monitoring satellites on VHF/UHF, I find the FCD+ the best performer. The filtering, dynamic range and sensitivity is quite good. The SDRPlay is also a very good performer, but it requires some careful adjustments to perform as well as the FCD+.
73, Edson PY2SDR
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Andrew Rich [email protected] wrote:
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