{"id":12698,"date":"2015-03-19T08:01:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T12:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12698"},"modified":"2015-03-19T11:56:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:56:13","slug":"sdrplay-rsp-now-149-or-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/sdrplay-rsp-now-149-or-99\/","title":{"rendered":"SDRplay RSP: now $149 or \u00a399"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SDR-PLay-RSP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12705\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SDR-PLay-RSP.jpg\" alt=\"SDR-PLay-RSP\" width=\"650\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SDR-PLay-RSP.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/SDR-PLay-RSP-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just received the following tweet from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SDRPlay\" target=\"_blank\">@SDRplay<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We&#8217;ve been able to reduce the SDRplay RSP price to $149 or \u00a399 (approx \u20ac149 ) + tax\/shipping. See <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/LYFuQffrYN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">sdrplay.com<\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just started reviewing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SDRplay RSP<\/a> for the June 2015 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespectrummonitor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Spectrum Monitor Magazine<\/a>. Preliminary impressions of this SDR are quite positive&#8211;especially for a receiver in this price class. At $149 US, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the SDRplay RSP<\/a> is now less expensive that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcubedongle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Funcube Dongle Pro+<\/a>. Indeed, the RSP is even less expensive than portables like the Tecsun PL-880 and Sangean ATS-909X.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next two months (as I get to know the RSP better) I will post the occasional\u00a0broadcast\u00a0recording using the\u00a0SDRplay RSP with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdsdr.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">HDSDR<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sdrsharp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SDR#<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just received the following tweet from @SDRplay: We&#8217;ve been able to reduce the SDRplay RSP price to $149 or \u00a399 (approx \u20ac149 ) + tax\/shipping. See http:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\u00a0 I&#8217;ve just started reviewing the SDRplay RSP for the June 2015 issue of The Spectrum Monitor Magazine. Preliminary impressions of this SDR are quite positive&#8211;especially for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,43,158],"tags":[3712,157,3711,3710,4087],"class_list":["post-12698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-rsp","tag-sdr","tag-sdrplay","tag-sdrplay-rsp","tag-software-defined-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3iO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20620,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/on-sale-sdrplay-rsp-at-hro\/","url_meta":{"origin":12698,"position":0},"title":"On Sale: SDRplay RSP at HRO","author":"Thomas","date":"August 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Ham Radio Outlet is currently offering the SDRplay RSP software defined receiver for $139.95 in a summer sale that is set to last until the end of August. 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We have decided that we would like to pass on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The SDRplay RSP software defined radio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDRPlay-RSP-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDRPlay-RSP-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDRPlay-RSP-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16955,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/sdrplay-shipping-the-rsp-in-quantities-of-1000-a-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":12698,"position":2},"title":"SDRplay shipping the RSP in quantities of 1,000 a month","author":"Thomas","date":"January 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This article from Electronics Weekly just popped up in my news feed: SDRplay of Wakefield, the 18-month-old software defined radio specialist, is now shipping its $149 software defined radio (SDR) receiver in quantities of 1,000 a month Inspired by the SDR capabilities that even a simple 8-bit TV dongle can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SDPlay-RSP","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDPlay-RSP.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDPlay-RSP.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/SDPlay-RSP.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14041,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/sdrplay-rsp-i-bit-the-bullet\/","url_meta":{"origin":12698,"position":3},"title":"SDRplay RSP: I bit the bullet!","author":"Thomas","date":"July 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a danger in doing radio reviews:\u00a0sometimes, you\u00a0get attached to the radio. 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