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January 9, 2010 | Amateur Radio | By: Mark VandeWettering

Earlier tonight, I noticed that CW traffic on 40m picked way up. You get an interesting view of the band conditions when you can tune 100Khz at a time:

Screen

Even with my own wimpy antenna, it was hopping pretty good.

Comments

Comment from Scott
Time 1/10/2010 at 10:58 am

Hi Mark,

That SDR-IQ seems to be a pretty fantastic piece of gear. How have you connected it for use on the air? I’ve heard it interfaces with the ft-950 and a couple other rigs form their special direct IF output port; but I don’t think your ft-817 does that!

Comment from carmen
Time 1/11/2010 at 12:02 pm

i snagged this image of 160 during the Stew Perry topband challenge:

using a 3ft air-core poster-mailer tube tuned to resonance w/ a cap

Comment from _
Time 1/11/2010 at 12:06 pm

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss187/ix9/junket/160.png

Comment from Rafael
Time 2/6/2010 at 6:15 pm

It’s an amazing piece of hardware. When coupled with software (SDR). it opens a new word of receiving signals.

I am curious to know how this device handles TX interference from your transceiver….how does it suppresses this interference.