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12 replies
  1. DaveNF2G
    DaveNF2G says:

    I just re-watched the video. It doesn’t say anything about transmitting.
    Granted SDTs are more costly. Up/downconverters for the dongles are
    sub-$100 units. Everything else that is available is done via free software
    and plugins (GPL). The unit described in the video could be described as
    low cost for professional or government applications where the users have
    money to burn. But hobbyists can come pretty close to these capabilities
    for a lot less money.

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  2. Mark Hopewell
    Mark Hopewell says:

    A truly awful piece of equipment. Only for those who know C++/Python inside
    out and are prepared to invest giga-hours of programming time playing with
    signals which are meaningless. Moreover, the WBX is a weak hardware board
    and mine failed straight out of the box with poor factory design issues (no
    SMA antenna ports static protection). Mine spent 6 weeks in the US ‘waiting
    to be looked at’. As for the transmitting side of the WBX board, then at
    milliWatts of output it is not even QRP capable.

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  3. diaza081
    diaza081 says:

    You can RX/TX with this unit. Check out the Instant SDR Kit link Price is
    steep yes, but for an RX/TX SDR there are not many “available” options at
    the moment.

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  4. bugstalker
    bugstalker says:

    Semi-True: That $30 dongle isn’t Plug & Play. It takes some configuration
    to get it going. That $30 dongle doesn’t reach from 400MHz all the way up
    to 4.4GHz That $30 dongle doesn’t do both receive AND transmit. You are
    looking at a spectrum analyzer, a network analyzer, an L-Band satellite, TV
    (analog and digital), AM, FM, Ham, CB, etc receiver and TRANSMITTER for
    less than the price of just the 4 GHz network analyzer alone.

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  5. Ernest Erickson AEC
    Ernest Erickson AEC says:

    I am not investing in $600.00 + in a poorly designed SDR kit, I have
    options for others, even some really cheap toys to play with, modify and
    disassemble when the time comes. I look forward to viewing the input, Lo
    and RF chain on the spectrum analyzers. One configured for RF, the other
    for the Lo and IF chain.
    The Funcube Dongle is also costly for a USB stick, but Howard has been busy
    making sure the devices are solid, with good quality assurance inspections
    prior to shipment. I believe the devices will run from HF through 230 MHz,
    then 400 up into the 2.7 GHz. ‘L’ band. 

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