Hi Patrick, If you're looking for a finished product with good software, but only a 15-20Khz real time spectrum window, I'd recommend the Winradio SDR's. Both of these units offer a very flexible Spectrum analysis window, but one that will take several seconds to do a scan. Once the scan is complete, you can click on the peaks and they will jump directly to that frequency. They're finished products that have an excellent reputation and work very well. I find very little difference between my G313/180 and the G303/PD. The main difference is in the software features - the G303 doesn't have PBS and some of the more exotic features that the G313 does. It does work very well and in fact has slightly better sound quality than then G313. Neither of these units requires an added sound card. The G303 is significantly less expensive than the G313 but really needs the professional decoder option software with it and doesn't include a noise blanker or notch filter. At Grove, I think it would cost between $600 and $650 depending on which version you got.
The SDR-IQ is more more of an evolving product, has much less finished software but it's improving and it also offers a 192Khz real-time spectrum analyzer window. Again, it doesn't require any additional sound card and can be bought for $500, making it the cheapest SDR available currently. The SDR-1000 is out of production now but can be bought for around $1200 on the used market.. I haven't had mine long enough to comment on it but Guy Atkins seems to like his very much. It requires an expensive added sound card for best performance and I'd rate the software somewhere between the G303/313 and the SDR-IQ. Hope this helps! Best regards, Rob Patrick Martin wrote: > Rob, > > I've got a desk top computer with the LCD screen now. It runs Windows > XP. I wonder which SDR unit would be the best? > > 73, > > Patrick > > Patrick Martin > KAVT Reception Manager > > > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com