You won't regret it Cyril.

I discovered something else yesterday too.  It does seem to record the whole medium wave band with its present software version!

I knew that the 800kHz bandwidth was actually larger than this but I did not think the extra bit was accessible.  I discovered it could be accessed when I accidentally entered a frequency which was outside the range I had recorded and was able to listen to the channel with no apparent problems.  The reason this extra bit is not included in the standard playback window is because there is supposed to be some performance degredation outside this area. 

As I have said, the next software upgrade may increase the recordable bandwidth from 800kHz to 1200kHz, and I suspect continuing well beyond this in the future, who knows.  But it looks like there will always be a bit either side of the range you can access, though with some reduction in performance.

Cheers

John


jwagency@... wrote:

Hello John
Well the Perseus is an amazing receiver.
When I saw your log from it I thought it was something from the winer months!
I am saving up now to get one.
Good DX
Cyril
-----Original Message-----
From: John Faulkner - Skywaves Group <john.faulkner@...>
To: skywavesmw@...
Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 2:31
Subject: [skywavesmw] Re: Ashfield DX Log: 13-05-08
Hello Cyril.
The Perseus has just increased in price from £600 to £650 and is only available in the UK from Martin Lynch. http://www.hamradio.co.uk Delivery is tyically six weeks.
Currently, you can only record 800kHz of MW spectrum but the next software revision (free online) is expected to increase this to 1200kHz - enough to record the whole MW band!
How's this for "weird". Yesterday, MW DXer Ken Baird in Ayrshire sent me his medium wave band! That's right. In other words, he sent me some files which contained images of the band exactly as it was received on a particular night up there in Scotland. I just run these files into Perseus and tune the band in realtime, exactly as if I were at Ken's QTH. This is what you can do with Perseus. Nico Palermo, designer of Perseus, created this amazing receiver with the DXer in mind. He actually listens and responds to DXer's questions and suggestions that are put to him in the Perseus SDR Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perseus_SDR
More Info: http://www.ssb.de/amateur/englisch/perseus/perseus_e.shtml
Cheers
John
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