I own a bunch of SDR units now. I have three Softrock Ensemble II units
(LF, HF and 144 MHz); a $10 cheap RTL-SDR dongle; an RTL-SDR Blog V3; a
Funcube; and an ADALM-PLUTO. They all have their advantages and
disadvantages.
The Funcube seems to be the best unit for receiving through VHF. It has
exceptional reception in the LF range above 150 kHz and is easy to use. The
Softrocks are also great but a single unit does not have the frequency
coverage of the Funcube.
The ADALM-PLUTO is an interesting unit. It can transmit and receive in the
range of 70 to 6000 MHz. Using SDR Console, I can both transmit and receive
with it. Some of us have added on preamps and power amps and have made
QSO's with it on 1296, 2304, 3456 and 5760 MHz.
73, Zack W9SZ
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:14 AM Alan G4ZFQ <alan4alan@...> wrote:
On 30/06/2021 00:47, Roger wrote:
A big cheer of appreciation to Tony for making this possible, supporting
us all, and keeping the ship sailing.
Definitely!
This group has been rather quiet recently but it's good to see Softrocks
still being produced and used. Fundamentally the only real "advantage"
the latest SDRs have is wider bandwidth. For single signals Softrocks
are still competitive.
73 Alan G4ZFQ
