[CQ] Cheap SDRs?

[AF6MQ]

i've been looking at the soft66,
http://zao.jp/radio/soft66ad

theres the perseus,
http://www.microtelecom.it/perseus

these are HF, but both can go wide.
the perseus can do 10-40Mhz spectrum analyzer for example.

something like either of those with a transverter might do the trick,
and i've seen links to a "UHF" version of the perseus,
but i cant find it.


and of course winradio,
http://www.winradio.com/home/receivers.htm
lists a few models that do vhf/uhf and more up to 8599mhz (yes, 8.6ghz)
with their multiplexer/dwoncoverter,
but very NOT cheap (starts at $700 and up)



let me know if you find  something that does vhf/uhf.
i'm ready to try a < $100 SDR "toy"....

--gaspo.


On Nov 13, 2010, at 21:31:55, Josh Myer wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with a cheap-ish SDRs?
>
> In particular, I'm looking for something that will let me tune in to
> ATSC or FM radio bands, and which has enough bandwidth to pass back
> the signal.  For FM, this is pretty simple (~50kHz bandwidth, so need
> ~100kHz samples, at 16b/S it's only 200kBps), but ATSC is a bit
> trickier (6MHz bandwidth).
>
> GPS would also be of interest, but 1.5GHz seems like it's just asking
> for trouble.
>
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Josh Myer 650.248.3796
>  josh at joshisanerd.com
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