Malahit DSP2 - Puck Dat!

[Omega-TI]

I just downloaded the January issue of The Spectrum Monitor and saw this...

... it looked (past tense) interesting to me, so I jumped over to Scamazon and...

... it's cute and all, but at $485.00 BEFORE tax, I simply cannot bring myself to click the buy button.

 

[Blackswan73]

Well, that is just about what I bought my Drake R-8 for after selling my SDS200, and it is 30 years old 😀. It all depends on what you want and how much you want to spend. Think of it as one Big Mac, fries, and a coke a week 😊

B.S.

 

[G7RUX]

That's what you get for buying a Chinese clone of the real Malahit...

 

[Omega-TI]

Well, that is just about what I bought my Drake R-8 for after selling my SDS200, and it is 30 years old 😀. It all depends on what you want and how much you want to spend. Think of it as one Big Mac, fries, and a coke a week 😊

B.S.

Yeah, I think I'll stick with my RSP1A for SDR use at home and use my SDS100 for portable stuff. While the radio looks great and all, it seems like a waste (to me) to use it with a portable antenna if I want to do any HF stuff.

Now the magazine however looks to be a great read and since I have New Years Eve and New Years Day off, I printed it up and will enjoy reading it "old school style" with a cup of coffee in my La-Z-Boy.

 

[Omega-TI]

That's what you get for buying a Chinese clone of the real Malahit...

I didn't buy it.

 

[Omega-TI]

That's what you get for buying a Chinese clone of the real Malahit...

I do have have a couple of questions for you, since you seem to know...

1) The Commi DSP clone is more aesthetically pleasing and more expensive than the real DSP3, is it operationally inferior to the original?
2) What is different on the newer genuine DSP 3 over the older clone DSP2?
3) I heard there was an embargo on things of Russian origin due to the hostilities in Ukraine, is that in error?

The price on the newer genuine radio is is actually reasonable...

 

[CanesFan95]

Why can't the Amazon seller post photos of a real unit and not those phony pseudo-images.

 

[ratboy]

I bought mine from Aliexpress. It was like $320. It's pretty great.

 

[bearcatrp]

Amazon prices aren’t the greatest lately. I always compare prices and half the time, Amazon is higher. But some of the other places jack you up on shipping to actually make it cost more than Amazon. Ali express seems to be the cheapest when I looked a few days ago. Still on the fence though as my LAN IQ is doing the job.

 

[Flyingchip]

I found this guide that is being updated...

Malahit DSP2 - Descrizione

www.tiiips.com

 

[xX_NightShift_Xx]

The Radioddity version is evidently licensed by the Malahit Team (w/ lifetime access to their firmware updates), and it's over $100 cheaper than Scamazon when you catch one of their sales. No clue if other sellers have the unlocked/licensed version or not.

I purchased from Radioddity, received it in only 3 days, and I don't regret the purchase in the slightest. It's like I'm taking my RSP1b with me wherever I go, just in a much smaller form factor than the mini pc. Amazing HF reception with an active loop, and also having fantastic results with a basic dipole on AirBand. The CW decoding, FT8 and RTTY has also been fun to play around with.

 

[Flyingchip]

If the device did not work or if there was some malfunction I think it would be an expensive problem to send back with Aliexpress to China, so for me the choice is Amazon even if it is more expensive. Can we say that the more expensive price is a form of insurance that shields you from all the problems of the device malfunctioning?