Thanks Marcus, I realize I'm asking for the impossible at a certain level—"adequate but not stellar" should be fine :) Glad to know that the roll-off is not so steep as to make >30MHz / <50MHz unusable as well…
Btw, I finally managed to get UDP between my external app and GnuRadio up & running—thanks again for all the help! Cheers, Mark -- mark.cetilia.org | mem1.com | reduxproject.com On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:03 AM, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 06/10/11 11:51 PM, Mark Cetilia wrote: >> Hi all, >> Just curious if anyone might have some suggestions for a cheap (ideally < >> $100) portable antenna for receiving (not transmitting) SSB + CW? >> Something that can easily fit into a carryon bag, can be used indoors and >> set up / broken down quickly would be great. >> >> It would be nice to cover as much of the LFRX's range as possible—160 to 6 >> meters I guess? >> The Ettus site mentions DC to 30 MHz, but the board has DC to 50 MHz >> silkscreened onto it—not sure which is correct? >> >> > The LFRX has a not-very-steep roll-off above 30MHz, so it's usable above > 30MHz. > >> I've got my eye on an MFJ-1622 right now, which supposedly covers 40 to 2 >> meters. >> Not completely optimal, but it's looking decent for the price + form factor… >> >> Anybody out there have experience with that antenna? >> Other possible leads would be greatly appreciated as well. >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> >> > The MFJ-1622 is probably adequate, but not stellar. Its hard to make an > antenna that is both a good > match, *and* a good radiator over wide frequency radiators, *and* is > physically compact. > > > > > -- > Principal Investigator > Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium > http://www.sbrac.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
