{"id":23,"date":"2009-12-13T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T01:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midx.wordpress.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2009-12-13T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T01:36:59","slug":"equipment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

My current setup remains mostly unchanged since 2010. \u00a0I continue to use a Microtelecom Perseus SDR with V5 software on a dedicated MSI Wind U100 Atom netbook. \u00a0Now considered horribly outdated, the old Wind still serves its purpose just fine for me, even when recording at 2000 kS\/s. \u00a0I have the Wind modded with firmware that allows me to overclock it when running off the battery (Turbo mode). \u00a0I’ve also added a larger capacity battery for extended recording times. \u00a0I record to an external WD Elements 1TB USB drive. \u00a0Recording with the old netbook works fine for me with V5, no stuttering at\u00a02000 kS\/s, but playback is a different story. \u00a0I often record with the netbook (low noise when running off the battery) and playback\/analysis on my main desktop rig. \u00a0I’ve become so fond of the old Wind that I’ve purchased two more from eBay for very cheap prices just to have as backups. \u00a0I’ve been using the MSI Wind for seven years now with no hardware issues whatsoever.<\/p>\n

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Ready for DX! Perseus SDR & MSI Netbook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Antennas used with the Perseus include a pair of phased BOGs aimed roughly Northeast-Southwest which are phased using a DX Tools Quantum Phaser. \u00a0The BOG wires are about 450 FT and 500 FT and run parallel to each other and are spaced apart by about a foot or two. \u00a0The wires have been deployed for several years now and have taken on “stealth status” as they are now completely covered by growth, leaves, and underbrush in the woods which they traverse through. \u00a0The phased BOGs work excellent for MW DX and are highly directional. \u00a0In fact, they are so directional that it proved difficult to add new stations from the South to my log book. \u00a0I added a reversible D-KAZ loop a couple of years ago to the mix and aimed it due South to help bag stations in the Southern US and further. \u00a0This helped tremendously and I added several hundred more new MW stations to my logbook. \u00a0The big D-KAZ also proved to be a winner on shortwave and I now use it exclusively to chase DX and pirates on the shortwave bands. \u00a0Please refer to Mark Durenberger’s excellent paper<\/a> on D-KAZ design, theory, and construction techniques. \u00a0My D-KAZ is about 117 FT long and still performs well despite being a little smaller than the recommended size.<\/p>\n

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My current setup remains mostly unchanged since 2010. \u00a0I continue to use a Microtelecom Perseus SDR with V5 software on a dedicated MSI Wind U100 Atom netbook. \u00a0Now considered horribly outdated, the old Wind still serves its purpose just fine for me, even when recording at 2000 kS\/s. \u00a0I have the Wind modded with firmware […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}