Testing the Funkamateur Uni-SDR-Kit for the FT-2000
Channel: snarfusmaximus
Date: 28/07/2013

I took a break this weekend from working on the BITX40 transceiver to build the IF stage SDR kit for my Yaesu FT-2000 and make this dull video. It was purchased from Funkamateur in Germany - http://www.box73.de - for about €50 or so all up.

The unit takes its signal from one of the IF stages of the transceiver and shifts it down to the audio spectrum where you can jack it into your computer soundcard to be processed by a software defined radio application. Here I am testing it out using the HDSDR application and listening to the 40m band.

As well as giving you a cheap panoramic display for your expensive radio, there is the added bonus of being blessed with another receiver, which allows you to demodulate DRM. Panoramic displays also look impressive, really impressive - more impressive than pie charts and graphs are to corporate management. The fact that it's cheap is more reason to get one.