SDR# Decision to Buy a Airspy HF+ Discovery

[sunwave]

Yesterday I have ordered a Airspy HF+ Discovery here is why.

Last Thursday I ordered a YouLoop to see how my first order was going to go and to test it on my RSP1a and RSP1b. It arrived Yesterday. That order went well.

My test of the YouLoop on the RSP1a and RSP1b revealed a truth. The YouLoop requires a very hot front-end SDR. The only one I could think was the Airspy HF+ Discovery. The test showed the RSP1a and RSP1b are really meant for large outdoor antennas or homebrew antennas. The RSP's did well with the MLA 30+ and my home brew center fed 18 foot wire with Nooelec Balun 9:1 by far.

My next test was with my RTL-SDR Blog v4 connected to the YouLoop. Here was the surprise. The RTL-SDR performed better than both RSP's! I am like how? So then it clicked in my mind that the RSP's aren't really super sensitive. After some research the MDS has to be low of 140 or better. So I bit the bullet and made the order at Airspy.us.

I want to enjoy my new YouLoop so I had to order the proper SDR for it. That is the Airspy HF+ Discovery. I ordered it yesterday and hoping it arrives by Friday.

My second order with Airpsy.us. I hope this purchase isn't going to come with regrets.

 

[PDXh0b0]

My HF+ Discovery is by far my favorite for hf dx'n . I favor my recycled extension cord hf dipole over my mag loops. My rsp's are used with mag loops because of thier larger sample rates for stuff like hfdl, currently doing 8m-10m. One day I'll get an airspy r2

 

[jazzboypro]

I have the HF+ Discovery. I like It but personally i don't find it any better than the other radios/SDR that i have.

 

[spongella]

I've had many SW radios and SDRs over the past 60 years. I find the Airspy HF + Discovery to be the best SDR so far. Excellent on LW/MW/SW. Also includes some VHF. You didn't go wrong buying one. Enjoy.