On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 05:43 PM, Andy - Arlington TX wrote:
At my current state in the hobby (VERY novice), I'm looking for something reasonably low cost, LF to VHF coverage, with as good a performance as practical at that price.?
Hi Andy,
If you simply wish to 'dip your toe into the water' of SDR's then the RTL-SDR.com V3 is a very good low cost introduction, especially if you want to have VHF & UHF coverage too.
If you wish to spend a bit more money, it's hard to beat the SDR Play RSP-1A (but not the earlier model RSP-1).
The Airspy products are good, but tailored more towards high performance use for specific types of listening.
As an experiment I'm currently playing with a RTL-SDR.com V3 and a home built 50cm tuned loop sitting on my windowsill near my PC, and I can still hear > 80% of the shortwave signals that are audible on my external antennas.
Regards,
Martin
