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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.
$675 is not “low cost” in a hobby where serviceable USB dongles can be had
for less than $30!
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.
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.
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.
can you listen tetra whit this?
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.