I simply don't fret about the cost of the PC I use with the SDR. To me it is about the least expensive component that there is to the whole system. It is also a piece that you can give to some non radio person to use for whatever else should you not like it or can't use it.
Consider the cost of a perfectly workable PC and a soundcard needed for the SDR-1000 and compare it against some common radio specific accessories that you may add to a tradtional radio: Plenty good enough PC $500 Proper sound card $150-250 While that may seem like a sizeable chunk of money at first it really isn't when you consider that the typical crystal filter used in the more traditonal radio designs will set you back anywhere from $100-200 a piece. For a non DSP radio you would be considering up to 3 or 4 of them. That's a big chunk of change for something that does nothing but filter. That same amount of money spent in the land of PC based SDR's represents major portions of the radio's IF, AF, Filter, UI display etc. Then there is this new trend to offer extra RF bandpass filtering as a several hundred dollar option to a radio that already costs $3K. Once again if that BP filter doesn't do what you thought it would you won't be giving it to the grand kids to play games on that's for sure. That $750 PC/Soundcard on the other hand could very well be used for such things. Duane N9DG __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
