$250.00 Network SDR
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im only giving the heads up.
zl2taw
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hmm what a great concept, plenty of potential for remote locations with the network interface
Found a semi-review about this receiver.
http://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2012/05/afedri-sdr-net-second-looks.html
http://arcticdx.blogspot.com/2012/05/afedri-sdr-net-second-looks.html
Just placed my order for one, Alex the designer behind this SDR is a pleasure to deal with. He's fairly responsive to questions and seems fairly nice, though my inter-action with him has been through Email and kept related strictly to the AFEDRI SDR. I'll now have the 16bit Andrus and this one for my SDR needs so it's pretty exciting. Thanks for letting me know about this!
mondomusique
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I bought one, shipping was fast and cheap. It's an incredible value SDR, it uses a Texas Instruments AFEDRI8201 analog sampling IC, which is an $80 part on its own. The entire package is very professionally done, the developer who engineered it really knows what he is doing. The Afesdri-SDR-Net right now is far and away the value leader.
The only deficiency compared to some of other SDRs is no bandpass filtering in the front end, which is explained on the arcticdx.blogspot.com blog. I've been using my Afedri-SDR-Net on it's own and enjoying it with SDR-Radio software (great software), however I will likely buy some high and low pass RF filters from RF Parts | RF Filters | RF Bias Tees | RF Detectors | RF Attenuators | RF Power Limiters | RF Electronics | RF Modules | Microwave Devices | Custom Parts | to limit RF to focus on the bands I listen to.
Anyway, don't be shy about buying one from the developer if you are thinking of getting one, it was a super smooth purchase for me, and the product is stellar.
The only deficiency compared to some of other SDRs is no bandpass filtering in the front end, which is explained on the arcticdx.blogspot.com blog. I've been using my Afedri-SDR-Net on it's own and enjoying it with SDR-Radio software (great software), however I will likely buy some high and low pass RF filters from RF Parts | RF Filters | RF Bias Tees | RF Detectors | RF Attenuators | RF Power Limiters | RF Electronics | RF Modules | Microwave Devices | Custom Parts | to limit RF to focus on the bands I listen to.
Anyway, don't be shy about buying one from the developer if you are thinking of getting one, it was a super smooth purchase for me, and the product is stellar.
I'm pretty excited to try it out I have to admit. For now I have a less than optimal antenna for it I'll have to figure out a better solution eventually. As far as filters go, you might want to try one of these Mini-Circuits Low Pass Filter SLP-1.9 SMA | eBay that is cheap as chips (used but filters are pretty resilient things) and it'll filter out strong AM radio signals if they are causing problems.
I have that same Mini Circuits low pass filter. I spend enough time in the MW band that it's a good inexpensive device to have on hand.
Ordered this SDR on a Tuesday, was shipped on Wed and arrived today. This was blazingly fast considering it was shipped from Israel! SDR arrived working perfectly as well. Just waiting for my BNC to SMA adapter to arrive. Alex took about 45 minutes to help me get everything setup properly and walked me through everything. Amazing guy!
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I just received my AFEDRI SDR-NET and it's absolutely fantastic. Took less than 10 days to get to So Cal from Israel. Got it plugged into my network and running with HDSDR is flawless. Display 1 MHz of spectrum no problem. What a deal for $250!
NYRHKY94
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Hi Guys:
This looks interesting, but I'll have to admit that I'm not quite sure what a SDR is and how it can be used. I'm just a scanner guy, not an amateur radio guy. I know I can do a search and read up about it, but thought maybe one of you guys can post a layman's explanation of what a Software Defined Radio is and more importantly how it can be used by amatuer radio and/or scanner hobbyists.
I'll start looking around on my own also. Thanks!
Mike
This looks interesting, but I'll have to admit that I'm not quite sure what a SDR is and how it can be used. I'm just a scanner guy, not an amateur radio guy. I know I can do a search and read up about it, but thought maybe one of you guys can post a layman's explanation of what a Software Defined Radio is and more importantly how it can be used by amatuer radio and/or scanner hobbyists.
I'll start looking around on my own also. Thanks!
Mike
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