Ditto here. TS2K blows the SDR1K away on 6m rx. Ant is 4L Steppir w/6m addon kit at 21m....
73 Jeff kb2m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Six Meters > Scott, > I take back my last comments. I just tried your experiment and got the > same results. Listening to beacons there is a significant difference > between my FT-920 and the SDR. The FT-920 registers an S4-S5 while the > SDR is around -120dbm and barely audible in the noise. Same antenna > (6M7JHV at 66 ft). The SDR is almost deaf. One signal that was extremely > strong (S9 +10) was barely an S7 on the SDR. I tried several versions of > the SDR with same results. I had to run the AGC Max Gain gain up to 100 > and then the signals are still weak. > 73, > Dale AA5XE > > > Scott Gordon wrote: > >>Question I was just tuning around on 6 meters since I see there is a >>opening. I have a coax switch where I can switch between my SDR and >>Yaesu 857D. I am hearing signals much better on my Yaesu then on the >>SDR? I mean maybe S6 on the yaesu and just barely hearing in the noise >>on the SDR. >> >>Do I have something set up incorrectly? Even though it is 1 watt on >>transmit I would think the receiver would match the Yaesu? >> >>Scott Gordon >>KQ8RP _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
