My experience is similar Walt. The Perseus is always in line, but the 7030+ is a 30 second connection. I should have thought of comparing the two again when LRA-36 was borderline audio (good trace; audio threshold in and out) yesterday at 2055Z on 15476. It would have been a good test. The ergonomics and filtering on the Perseus really favours the Perseus when digging for nDB’s on LW. I suspect in the overall lower RF environment of the West Coast a conventional hot receiver may out-perform on a weak, clear channel, or on higher SW frequencies where the Perseus performance putatively drops off a bit. The Elad lacks, I understand, pre-selection. This makes what Rob will discover in a high-RF environment of great interest to me. London has a lot of RF! I used to live there some years ago. Nearly all the Toronto-area (MW) stations are well away from me, with on;y CKDO 1580 in overload range. And even with it, I almost never see overload requiring switching in the 10dB pad unless I am using the one longer lw that points right at the antenna site, about 16 km away.
Once the subtleties of using the SDR are learned, and I am still learning (!) its advantages beat the conventional receivers for me, however much I still enjoy owning and using them. And oh those wonderful SDR filters!! Add the Tascam USB and the Timewave, and it is all over!! So much of the time the differences amount to ease-of-use and familiarity with the software, and the choices we make, rather than hardware differences…. Tony Ward (VE3NO) Loss of Net neutrality would sure change the game of tennis! > On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:25 AM, Walter Salmaniw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting thread. I have A/B compared the 7030+ and the Perseus SDR in > an extremely low noise environment. I own 2 of each, and now also have the > Elad. Ergonomics for the Perseus is exceptional and mature. My 1 hour so > far with the Elad is a lot more like the SDR IQ which I also have. In any > case, my point about signal retrieval: to be a contrarian: when the > signal is way way down in the mud, just above the noise floor, the edge is > still with the 7030+. I have had a number of examples of times when I > could make out a signal on the AOR, but not on the Perseus using the same > antenna. But, we are splitting hairs. 99% of the time, I'm using the > SDR. 73,...Walt > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Chuck Hutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Les: >> The Perseus also records the entire MW band, and more as it records a >> maximum of 1.6 MHZ. >> In my book, a different word than "outperforms" should be used when you >> give Elad the cost advantage. >> Can you be more specific when you say the Elad leaves the 7030 and R8B in >> the dust with crowded bands and noise? Are you saying the Elad has a better >> noise blanker? Are you saying the Elad has better strong signal handling? >> Chuck >> >>> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:10:52 -0500 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1st NEW STN on 1400 Khz since 1982!!! WDNY >> Dansville, NEW YORK >>> _______________________________________________ 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]
