I have an R2 and a spyverter at the moment. I'm thinking about adding the mini or the HF+ because I'd like to avoid screwing the spyverter on and off the R2 everytime I want to go above or below 25 MHz.
So initially I was thinking the mini...
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So both have pros and cons for me
I'm just wondering how much the added sensitivity, the HF+ is advertised to have, will be useful in a noisy urban apartment. But you think it's significant enough to make a real difference? (For example, on HAM-voice around 7 MHz? The LSB-stuff done there. Or how about AM-broadcast around 1 MHz? Or SW broadcast around a few hundred kHz?)
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I would look at it this way...You may move to an apartment with lower noise, or (not so likely) your noise may decrease, or you might find a way with the current apartment to place a lower noise antenna. My experience it that if I only get "good enough", I waste money, as eventually I will want better (I also own top of the line ICOMs for that reason). I would heavily base your consideration also on the future, what bands may you be interested in later...if UHF military aero, then the HF+ is out. You should assume that your interests will possibly change if for no other reason that eventually you will want to listen to some other things. Mine have with over 40 years of tuning. You also did not mention SDRPlay 2. I have one, but generally, I do not use it, but if I were in your case, I would also consider it though initially installing software confuses some till they succeed. As I use different radios for HF and VHF/UHF on their own antennas, my considerations are a little different. Currently, I have 4 radios running next to this PC (and it sometimes is up to 6) and I am recovering from outpatient inquinal hernia surgery 9 hours ago with 3 cuts in my abdomen!