Just ordered a Ham it UP for my SDR

[cyphex]

Hey RR

Just wanted to share that I finally went and ordered a Ham it Up plus with the 9.1 Balun and its coming Thursday

When it gets here I'm willing to share access to it if any one wants to check out what can be heard over in Montreal atleast for a bit

have been thinking of getting one for ages and I absolutely cant wait to check this thing out!

any tips tricks or useful advice from you guys would be welcome!

 

[k9wkj]

build/buy a broadcast band filter to put ahead of the upconverter
youll thank me pretty quickly
this isnt particular to a HamItUp its a issue with using a receiver without any front end on HF

 

[spongella]

cyphex,

You made a good choice, they work very well - am referring to the HamItUp converter though, as I have not used the balun. I use it for listening to the AM broadcast band up to 30 MHz.

As for tips, not sure what software you are using - SDR#, HDSDR, etc?In all cases judicious use of the RF gain on your software will prevent getting signal overload. To power it I use a PocketJuice portable 5V supply, runs forever on that. A good HF antenna helps. The HamItUp works very well on shortwave and medium wave (broadcast band). Not very sensitive on long wave (at this location) using a 43 foot vertical. Sensitive enough though to receive DGPS in the 285 - 325 kHz region. Again, use of the RF gain is important.

You'll have a great time with it.

 

[hfflunki]

I like mine there great ,for bcb hdsdr is great ,simple with filters and nb