{"id":16955,"date":"2016-01-22T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16955"},"modified":"2016-01-21T14:52:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T18:52:55","slug":"sdrplay-shipping-the-rsp-in-quantities-of-1000-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/sdrplay-shipping-the-rsp-in-quantities-of-1000-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"SDRplay shipping the RSP in quantities of 1,000 a month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SDPlay-RSP\"This article from Electronics Weekly<\/a> just popped up in my news feed:<\/p>\n

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<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Inspired by the SDR capabilities that even a simple 8-bit TV dongle can perform, SDRplay had the idea of partnering with Mirics to take their 12-bit wideband broadcast chipset and to re-purpose it for the hobbyist market.<\/em><\/p>\n

At the moment, the hobbyist market for SDR radios tends to be dominated by radio amateurs and \u2018short-wave listeners\u2019 and SDRplay\u2019s initial product, the \u2018Radio Spectrum Processor\u2019 (RSP) has been well received – winning Ham Radio Science’s RSP \u2018Best Bang for the Buck\u2019 rating.<\/em><\/p>\n

Continue reading at Electronics Weely’s website…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

I’m quite proud of the folks at SDRplay as their RSP is truly one of the best receiver values on the market right now.<\/p>\n

After (apprehensively) agreeing to review the SDRplay RSP last year, I was simply blown away by this little $149 receiver’s performance. Click here to read the review<\/a>. Later, I couldn’t bring myself to return the RSP on loan for the review–so\u00a0I purchased it instead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m glad I\u00a0bit the bullet!<\/p>\n

In fact, last year, at the SWLing Post<\/em> DXpedition<\/a>, my buddy, Mark Fahey–who traveled all the way from Australia–forgot to bring the appropriate power adapter for his WinRadio Excalibur, so I let him use mine. I had planned to run the WinRadio Excalibur<\/a> and Elad FDM-S2<\/a> simultaneously on my PC so that I could record spectrum in two different parts of the band at the same time.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I brought the SDRplay RSP, so it took the Excalibur’s place and ran alongside the FDM-S2. It worked amazingly<\/em> well!<\/p>\n

(I should note here that I also believe the FDM-S2 is a great value–at $519 US, it holds its own against receivers that cost upwards of $1,000.)<\/p>\n

Shortly after I published my RSP review, I invited SDRplay to become a sponsor of the SWLing Post<\/em>. I’m happy they accepted. Sponsorship on the SWLing Post<\/em> is only open to retailers and manufacturers who produce quality goods; those\u00a0who are well-known in the industry and, often, ones with which I have direct experience. I think SDRplay is a great fit.<\/p>\n

So, Kudos to Jon Hudson and his team at SDRplay! I’m very happy to hear how popular the RSP has become.<\/p>\n

If you’re an RSP owner, or plan to be soon, make sure you check out the official SDRplay forum<\/a> and the SDRplay Facebook group<\/a>: both excellent resources backed by active SDR enthusiasts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 perform, SDRplay had the idea […]<\/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":[545,6,3,43,158],"tags":[4698,3712,157,3711,3710,4087],"class_list":["post-16955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-manufacturers","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-jon-hudson","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-4pt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12698,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/sdrplay-rsp-now-149-or-99\/","url_meta":{"origin":16955,"position":0},"title":"SDRplay RSP: now $149 or \u00a399","author":"Thomas","date":"March 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I just received the following tweet from @SDRplay: We've been able to reduce the SDRplay RSP price to $149 or \u00a399 (approx \u20ac149 ) + tax\/shipping. 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