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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
Simon Brown
Indeed I have.
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The forums are much better - request and bug reports must be reported there, the mailing list is fine for general chit-chat. Simon Brown, G4ELI https://www.sdr-radio.com
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From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan G4ZFQ Sent: 05 September 2020 19:50 To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io Subject: Re: [SDR-Radio] RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers I, for one, don't do "Forums". I want one program (e-mail in thisDavid, I agree but Simon has outvoted us:-) The RSS feed helps. https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/app.php/feed It's not perfect but you get all Forum messages sent by email, unfortunately often without context, delete or save. Click on a message and you go straight to the page on the Forum to respond. RSS works on most email clients. 73 Alan G4ZFQ -- - + - + - Please use https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/ when posting questions or problems.
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Re: SDRPlay RSPDuo
Simon Brown
Hi,
Next year maybe. I’m hoping for a quad-channel SDR which would make life more interesting than having just a dual channel SDR.
Simon Brown, G4ELI https://www.sdr-radio.com
From: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io <main@SDR-Radio.groups.io> On Behalf Of Everett N4CY via groups.io
Sent: 04 September 2020 16:44 To: main@SDR-Radio.groups.io Subject: [SDR-Radio] SDRPlay RSPDuo
Simon, Are there any plans to add to SDR Console a Diversity mode using the SDRPlay RSPDuo? Also are you aware of any other manufactures that will be offering Duel receives that can be operated in diversity mode?
Everett N4CY -- - + - + -
Please use https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/ when posting questions or problems.
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SDR Console not responding to Kenwwod TS850/
#cat
#kenwood
#sdrconsolev3
jack plug <jackyfour@...>
Hi all,
SDR Console v3.0.24 is only partly responding to my Kenwood TS850s. It connects to the External Radio function just fine and changes the frequency that the radio is on but nothing else eg no S meter reading etc Running OmniRiv v1.19 Windows10 ALL functions work on HamRadioDeluxe using exactly the same settings. I don't care for/like HRD and would much prefer to use SDR Console. 73's de VK5KVA
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
jdow
You never figured out how to use your email tool to
best advantage, I presume. It is MUCH faster with all the mail
pre-downloaded. I simply click on the email and I get the message.
I sort all the email with "[SDR-Radio]" in the subject into an
SDR-Radio folder. I can sort the folder by threads or by date and
time. I can make further subfolders for savable items. Reading is
as fast as hitting the delete key for the message showing (moves
it to a trash email folder) and reading the next message which
comes up instantly. There is no way the forum can be as fast.
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As it is I optimize the forum by selecting unread and one by one right clicking the bloody pseudo-threads with unread messages and load them into a new tab. Reading is still clumsy due to presentation issues. At least I don't have to wait a whole second or more between messages due to bog standard internet delays. Of the two ways to read email works far faster for me. (And it is less aggravating as I've fewer deficiencies to deal with. For example if there are four topics with unread messages that I don't want to read I still have to read them to mark them read. It's either that or wait through several page loads to get back to the top and mark all as read - perhaps permanently missing a new message that just came in. No such problem with email. {^_^}
On 20200905 14:55:54, Max wrote:
David
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
jdow
Unless you really know what you are doing and how to
setup the three sliders for optimum results, those three controls
are worse than useless.
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(I figure I am safe saying this figuring I won't really have to do anything.) Send me an RX 666 or RX 888 to keep and the source for any dlls it uses. I'll contribute back a version of the dlls with four gain setting profiles, AGC (never use this but....), compromise, sensitivity, and IMD. {^_^}
On 20200905 18:08:16, Bob Dengler
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At 9/5/2020 04:34 AM, you wrote:Simon's screenshot here shows (I think I can just make it out) HF and VHF gain adjustment/slider? So hopefully has VHF coverage? <https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=159>https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=159Yes, but I only see 1 slider. Doesn't the R820T2 have 3 gain adjustments (LNA, mixer, & IF/VGA)? Wonder if that's all Simon decided to provide, or is that all that's accessible in the RX-666/888 hardware? My experience is that maximum optimization requires independent access of the LNA & VGA controls (I always leave the mixer at max, as it doesn't seem to offer anything extra after playing with the other two). Then again, maybe with the 16 bit ADC hopefully the front end gain settings will be less critical.I wish we would all settle on the Forum instead of hopping back and forward between IO and new Forum! It's getting time consuming and tiresome. Maybe time to close the IO Group?I've been posting all my new questions on the forum. Regardless of what I think, given how much time Simon devotes to SDRC I'm in favor of anything that makes his life easier. Bob NO6B
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
Bob Dengler
At 9/5/2020 04:34 AM, you wrote:
Simon's screenshot here shows (I think I can just make it out) HF and VHF gain adjustment/slider? So hopefully has VHF coverage?Yes, but I only see 1 slider. Doesn't the R820T2 have 3 gain adjustments (LNA, mixer, & IF/VGA)? Wonder if that's all Simon decided to provide, or is that all that's accessible in the RX-666/888 hardware? My experience is that maximum optimization requires independent access of the LNA & VGA controls (I always leave the mixer at max, as it doesn't seem to offer anything extra after playing with the other two). Then again, maybe with the 16 bit ADC hopefully the front end gain settings will be less critical. I wish we would all settle on the Forum instead of hopping back and forward between IO and new Forum! It's getting time consuming and tiresome. Maybe time to close the IO Group?I've been posting all my new questions on the forum. Regardless of what I think, given how much time Simon devotes to SDRC I'm in favor of anything that makes his life easier. Bob NO6B
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
N2MS
During the day I'm outside and have only access with a smartphone. I can read and save the pertinent emails from the group. Accessing the forum is cumbersome.
I like the group.
Mike N2MS
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Re: SDRPlay RSPDuo
Hey Chris,
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Thanks I will dig into it. Everett N4CY
On Sep 5, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Chris Smolinski <csmolinski@...> wrote:
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
Max
David
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I don't imagine I will persuade you, but top right of the forum main index window offers you "New Posts" and "Unread Posts", either of which will quickly in one window tell you what topics are active that you need to read. Personally I gave up monitoring "groups" by email ages ago. I have enough email coming in without adding a deluge more when the web browser is so much more efficient. One "digest" email a day is plenty! Anyway, I know this is a subject where everyone is adamant their method is the best so best to leave it there I guess! Just to say I have a feeling from the much reduced posting on here that most are migrating to the new forum and that this IO group will probably slowly decline. Only my opinion of course. As an aside if you wish to manage multiple tabs in a browser very efficiently and easily (I certainly do it all the time) then for Chrome users try the truly excellent "Tabs Outliner" add-on. It makes saving and recalling dedicated groups of tabs a doddle. Makes "bookmarks" seem totally archaic. I personally could not now manage without it. I only use the free version. It works perfectly well, and no pesky ads by the way, but I have donated to the author as for me it is a "must have": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjcrfKjobY https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabs-outliner/eggkanocgddhmamlbiijnphhppkpkmkl?hl=en Sorry for wandering off-topic. 73 Max
On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 05:01 PM, David J Taylor wrote: I, for one, don't do "Forums". I want one program (e-mail in this case) where all communication takes place, and where I can store messages locally as required. I'm not going to have a Web browser with 20 different tabs open, having to visit each one several times an hour.
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Re: IDE / ISA TV cards for computers...
Max
Not 100% sure of the specifics but I doubt the older cards had better performance than the modern DVB dongles plus your request is so very niche that it would never be worth Simon's effort to add support. You might very likely be the only person who wanted to do it! Personally my WinTV adapters all went to the recycling centre a long time ago, and I would guess for many others too. I admire your resolve to use them though! Just seems like a lot of effort when so many new and easier solutions available.
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Do you have anything to get you going on SDR yet? If not, the RTL-SDR dongle is a very good and cost effective place to start. The performance is astonishingly good for an unassuming looking piece of kit, and price is very low also plus of course it works perfectly with SDR Console. This particular model of dongle also works passably well down to HF if that is your thing. In any case it is certainly perfectly good enough to get a nice flavour of what SDR is all about. If you have not got anything at all to start with then suggest you take a look: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-dvb-t-dongles/ If you don't yet have hardware and also not wanting to buy anything just yet, then the beauty of Simon's program is that you can use it in "server mode". Many others on here have placed their own hardware receivers online attached to a "SDR Server" and you can use SDRC to listen to them remotely. It is exactly as if the hardware was attached to your own PC. Works brilliantly and let's you try all the features of the program out without any hardware investment at all. After downloading SDRC you can be listening to these radios in less than 10 minutes. Excellent tutorial by Kriss Kleigle KA1GJU who also has numerous receivers already running on SDRC Servers to listen to: https://sdr-radio.groups.io/g/main/message/53082 Don't be confused by title. It means "how to listen to SDRC servers", not how to set up the server end! Hope it helps. 73 Max
On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 08:09 PM, <wbarroso@...> wrote:
thanx for response … I do have a card or two from some time back. since some of those cards had the VHF/UHF receivers from back in the day of HD-TV, maybe there was
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Re: SDRPlay RSPDuo
Chris Smolinski
I've had an AFE822x for several years now. It is supported by SdrDx (Windows and macOS), including the two channel mode (I worked with the author when getting it implemented). Works very well for phasing on the MW band.
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Chris Smolinski Black Cat Systems Westminster, MD USA https://www.blackcatsystems.com
On Sep 5, 2020, at 5:27 PM, Roger Need via groups.io <sailtamarack@...> wrote:
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Re: SDRPlay RSPDuo
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 08:43 AM, Everett N4CY wrote:
The Afedri AFE822x is a dual receiver with diversity capability and there is software to support it in this mode. It has been around for a few years but is not well known. You can see a discussion of this SDR radio here >> http://play.fallows.ca/wp/radio/software-defined-radio/afe822x-diversity-receiver-powersdr/ Roger
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Re: SDRPlay RSPDuo
Mark Cayton <oldjackbob@...>
The Anan 7000DLE MKII is Diversity Receive capable, it's capabilities are very impressive (I'm currently using my Anan with Thetis software).
-- Mark K1LSB
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Re: IDE / ISA TV cards for computers...
wbarroso@...
thanx for response … I do have a card or two from some time back. since some of those cards had the VHF/UHF receivers from back in the day of HD-TV, maybe there was
some benefit to a receiver that had the same or better receiver spread out on one of the IDE cards instead of packed into a little dongle or small card … If they were set up to receive, maybe these better S/W programs could bring better life to some of these old cards, so yes experimentation without having to buy anything !! thanx
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
Michael.2E0IHW
Think of President Shi and underlings who need to
monitor this planet and the next...
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I just delete and clear everything on the hour every hour - more or less
On Sa..05.September 19:50, Alan G4ZFQ
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I, for one, don't do "Forums". I want one program (e-mail in this case) where all communication takes place, and where I can store messages locally as required.
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
Alan G4ZFQ
I, for one, don't do "Forums". I want one program (e-mail in this case) where all communication takes place, and where I can store messages locally as required.David, I agree but Simon has outvoted us:-) The RSS feed helps. https://forum.sdr-radio.com:4499/app.php/feed It's not perfect but you get all Forum messages sent by email, unfortunately often without context, delete or save. Click on a message and you go straight to the page on the Forum to respond. RSS works on most email clients. 73 Alan G4ZFQ
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
I wish we would all settle on the Forum instead of hopping back and forward between IO and new Forum! It's getting time consuming and tiresome. Maybe time to close the IO Group?
Anyone? Max =================================== I, for one, don't do "Forums". I want one program (e-mail in this case) where all communication takes place, and where I can store messages locally as required. I'm not going to have a Web browser with 20 different tabs open, having to visit each one several times an hour. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-taylor@... Twitter: @gm8arv
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Re: SDRPlay RSPDuo
Paul White
Joke :) :)
Sorry!
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Re: SDRPlay RSPDuo
Paul White
Coming soon: "The SDR Duel shootout" :).
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Re: RX666 and RX888 as VHF receivers
Bjarne Mjelde
VHF (FM band) performance is quite similar to the RSPdx. 8 MHz though.
-- Bjarne Mjelde arcticdx.blogspot.com Remote receivers: arcticsdr.ddns.net:8073/ kongsdr.ddns.net:8074
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