AFEDRI SDR for K3 Panadapter

[Dave C]

Hi all,

     I've been considering getting an AFEDRI SDR to use as both a
panadapter for the K3 and also to use as a general-purpose utility
receiver.  It's in the vicinity of $250-$300, has both Ethernet and USB
connections, and can handle 1.25 MHz of bandwidth on the Ethernet
connection or 384 KHz on the USB connection.  (I don't have the specs up in
front of me but that's from memory).  I thought I would ask here if anybody
had one of the AFEDRI units and/or if anybody had used one with the K3.

     I know it's one of the lower-end SDRs so it has some limitations in
the front end but I thought the Ethernet/USB/bandwidth aspects looked
nice.  I have used a Softrock that I built as a panadapter and it works but
have been thinking about upgrading.  Thanks and 73,

Dave
K8JDC
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[Michael Morgan]

Dave,
  I use the Afedri with my K3.  Works great with NaP3 as well as SDR-Radio,
Spectravue, CuteSDR.....  One cable to the radio (SMA-BNC) and USB cable to
the computer.  I also connected it to my networking switch so I can use
other apps that support it's networking mode.  I chose it for it's
simplicity with just a cable either way.  No seperate sound cards etc.
 Works fine no problems on iMac run OSX 10.8 and bootcamp in Windows 7/64.

  Let me know if you want any more info.

Michael, AA5SH


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Dave C <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>      I've been considering getting an AFEDRI SDR to use as both a
> panadapter for the K3 and also to use as a general-purpose utility
> receiver.  It's in the vicinity of $250-$300, has both Ethernet and USB
> connections, and can handle 1.25 MHz of bandwidth on the Ethernet
> connection or 384 KHz on the USB connection.  (I don't have the specs up in
> front of me but that's from memory).  I thought I would ask here if anybody
> had one of the AFEDRI units and/or if anybody had used one with the K3.
>
>      I know it's one of the lower-end SDRs so it has some limitations in
> the front end but I thought the Ethernet/USB/bandwidth aspects looked
> nice.  I have used a Softrock that I built as a panadapter and it works but
> have been thinking about upgrading.  Thanks and 73,
>
> Dave
> K8JDC
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[ab2tc]

Hi,

I recently acquired an Afedri, too. I am using it with HDSDR but not really thrilled about that software. The radio itself is fun to play with. I put a 10MHz high pass filter in front of it and have had no problems with overload after that, even at maximum gain.  With that maximum gain I think this radio is more sensitive than any other SDR on the market. I would kill to use NaP3 with it, but haven't had any success. Can you contact me off list with suggestions?

Knut - AB2TC

Michael Morgan wrote

Dave,
  I use the Afedri with my K3.  Works great with NaP3 as well as SDR-Radio,
Spectravue, CuteSDR.....  One cable to the radio (SMA-BNC) and USB cable to
the computer.  I also connected it to my networking switch so I can use
other apps that support it's networking mode.  I chose it for it's
simplicity with just a cable either way.  No seperate sound cards etc.
 Works fine no problems on iMac run OSX 10.8 and bootcamp in Windows 7/64.

  Let me know if you want any more info.

Michael, AA5SH

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