The last 18 months have seen some strange happenings in the retail scanner radio trade. Larry examines the hardware and the third-party software that lets these amazing devices run rings around old-age shortwave receivers. With prices ranging from under $20 to several thousand dollars, there’s a lot of territory to be looked at.
Preppcomm dmx 40 portable#
With the popularity of Raspberry Pi systems, many new manufacturers are incorporating SDR technology in portable handheld receivers. Receive-only SDRs continue to grab a major share of the HF shortwave marketplace. James believes that, with its touch-screen interface, this interesting 40-meter CW transceiver can help new Technician class hams operate like old hands on a portion of the band they may never ordinarily visit-it even helps keep them from straying into General or Extra class territory. And is lets you send in CW simply by typing your message on the included USB connected keyboard. The DXM-40 Morse code transceiver from Preppcomm can get you on the air operating CW before you know a single character of Morse code. But the list of pluses on this radio goes far beyond sounding good, including ‘overall excellent shortwave performance excellent ergonomics and large backlit display, and a host of hidden features to tweak settings and SSB calibration.’ There’s a lot to like about this new, large-format portable shortwave radio from Tecsun including the sound from twin front-mounted speakers, which Thomas describes as having some of the best audio of any modern portable radio. Mark also notes that the FTDX10 currently ranks number 3 on Rob Sherwood’s receiver test data table. It also seems they took a hard look at the successful IC-7300 and built a medium-priced hybrid SDR to give Icom some serious competition.
A look at the FTDX10’s specs verifies that Yaesu designers incorporated some important features from the FTDX101D for their new transceiver.
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