Les, I started with the SDR-IQ then moved to a Perseus, so I understand the dilemma. First thing to realize is that you won't ever have enough time to review everything but, on those key nights when conditions are outstanding, you'll wish you had saved the entire band (the auroral event of March 2012 comes to mind).
I did the "every TOH throughout the night" for a long time, but I've moved to just recording sunset and sunrise - that still gives me more than enough interesting targets. I'll spot-check a few "good" regional frequencies on each recording the next day and look for ones that seem "different" from normal - for me, that might be some very deep southern stations, some CBC outlets from western Canadian provinces, or maybe a bunch of Mexican national anthems at their local 6am. When I get a file with conditions like that, I save it for later detailed review. You'll find it's very easy to fill up hard drives and, if you're like me, you may find it hard to delete anything that you haven't reviewed. I have several PDF forms that I use to keep track of what I've listened to on each SDR recording (one for top of the hour, and one for continuous recordings) - I'd be happy to share them with you and anyone else who wants them. Brett On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Les Rayburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm curious as to how Perseus owners manage the data and review process. > The logistics of all that information are just mind-boggling. I get that > you can eliminate channels with locals, and possibly most with strong clear > channel signals. Or maybe if you've been DXing for awhile, you can > eliminate the majority of channels where you've logged them all. But for a > guy with less than 1,000 stations in the logbook, I'd be reviewing a lot. > > Hard to justify purchasing the Perseus when I think the bandwidth of the > SDR-IQ is more than I can handle. > > Les Rayburn, Director > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
