[linrad] Re: Fwd: [softrock40] v7.0 kit run or not?

2006-04-27 Thread w3sz
Hi, Josh, I am not an RF expert, so take ANYTHING I say with a large grain of salt. I was waiting for the real experts to chime in, but haven't seen any answers from them, so here goes ;) The site you found and listed in your email looks good. Thanks! If you have a preamp for the band

[linrad] Re: Fwd: [softrock40] v7.0 kit run or not?

2006-04-27 Thread Robert McGwier
The Softrock 7 should be considered strictly a mixer and coupled with the software, an IF receiver. The SR7 has an MDS of -109 dBm (typical, I measured one at -107 dBm and another at -110 dBm). So the system NF will be high without gain in front of it. The VHF preamp in your system should