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Here is an attempt to find the best settings in SDRC by comparing WSPR decode performance. This is my test setup

Station setup at HB9VQQ.jpeg

First, I created a baseline to see how much the DX (Spots > 3000 km) WSPR decodes differ from each...

Has anyone studied the architecture of the RX888 (or 666 I guess) and concluded what is the likely performance at VHF/UHF? Also LF/VLF?

Question 1:
I guess what I am getting at is what is the likely VHF/UHF performance compared, for example to the...

Greetings,
Does the SDRC server definition work for the RX888 MKII? When I try to start the RX888MKII nothing happens. Please help.

Vincent

After running perfectly for several weeks with Phil's KA9Q-radio SW, last Saturday my RX888 suddenly failed.

The failure mode suggests that one or more of the BGA pins of the the FX3 have desoldered, and a FLIR scan of a FX3 showed it running at...

I don't see anything about them in the notes that come up with the Options button, and the Help button doesn't seem to do anything.

Hello everyone,

I am testing the new RX888- MKI receiver. Everything works except bias-T support. Bias-T checkboxes in the menu are grayed out so bias-T cannot be controlled. The receiver is automatically detected as RX-888 MKI, firmware 2.2. What...

Hi Simon,

RX888 support appears to have migrated to the groups.io forum of late, but I'll be a good boy and post this here :)

I have both a MkI and a MkII RX888, and the latest SDRC releases have been superb for them both, but a few days ago I...

I own the original RX-888 and wondered what the differences are between that and the MK2? Basically is it worth the upgrade..

Thanks

I occasionally use my RX-888 Mk2. I just loaded Simons's latest v3.2 SDRC software and tried it out. The RX-888 Mk2 was not discovered. I tried my original RX-888 ad that is working. I believe the hardware has issues.

Can anyone suggest any...

I am still unable after 2 years, to get my rx888 to show up in the radio list in SDR console. my old SDR IQ shows up and qorks but np rx888. I got the drivers to upload and update in device manager alright but nothing in the console. what am i doing...

My Dragonfly was working fine for a few days. Overnight, with no changes in settings or antennas the V LED came on and remains on when the radio is active regardless of whether it has any antennas. It still seems to work otherwise. Is there a way to...

For anyone interested, Franco Venturi has just released a new test firmware for the RX-888 on the other forum:

Out of curiosity I renamed it to BBRF103_SE as before, and it works very well in SDRC, with crash-free stop-starts and bandwidth changes...

Greetings All,

I was just reading the marketing poop on an RX888Mk2 I recently purchased,

and it mentions a Bias-T included, programmable it would seem.

I include the marketing info.

Can anyone confirm the presence/absence of Bias-T facility ?...

Здравствуйте. У меня 103 Dragonfly (666) ; 64bin система 4gig оперативная память. Программа запускается хорошо но звук страдает прослушивать невозможно. В программе богатые функциональные возможности , я плохо с этим знаком. Загруженность процессора...

As a caveat to any advice offered by me, be aware my RX-888 MKII doesnt work because I desoldered a handful of components and didn't do it properly.

If you download the Cypress FX3 kit, it comes with the base drivers and also the Control Center....

I developed some DAB, DRM and other SDR software. The main program for DAB decoding is Qt-DAB.
I got a comment from someone that the extio module only handled 50 Mhz samplerate or more, while for DAB one needs (just over) 2
and my software cannot...

I tuned into radio 3 with sdr-console and did a power measurement. See attached photos. The power measurement did make the RX-888 stutter because it is very sensitive to poor power connections and I'm guessing the power meter dongle dropped the...

The green LED shows but no receive life from Console, SDR sharp or HDSDR :( Has anyone had the same experience ? It was working so well I am rather fed up about this and not sure I can get a refund either

Hi All,

Does 3.1 support reception of 6 meters ?

If so, how to do ?

TIA !

Paul
N8CVW

Greetings All,

Under v3.1, I've added a 2nd RX888, but it seems to be sharing the same radio entry as the 1st RX888, therefore cannot be selected uniquely. Selecting either Definition will operate the same on whichever single RX888 is plugged in,...

It's been a long time in the making, but Oscar Steila has posted a new firmware and ExtIO in the NextGenSDR forum, which may solve the problem of not being able to use more than one RX888/666 at the same time. It enables the reading of the internal...

Hi Simon.

Will v3.0.27 support the 64 MHz instantaneous bandwidth of the Rx888 Mk II?

If so, have you tried it? Any comments?

73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ

Hello Forum,

I would like to know if it is worth buying this type of receiver (to complement my SDRPlay) and what are the strong and weak points for general HF - VHF use ?
Does it work well with SDR-Console? Any limitations?

Many thank for any...

The #1 thing that annoys me about my RX-888 is the reference oscillator: it is far more drifty than any of my other SDRs. Has anyone thought about swapping out the 27 MHz reference for something a little more stable? Digi-Key has some 0.5 ppm 27 MHz...

I'm currently using my MK2 on an I9 desktop PC but would like to take it away on hols in September so I'm going to need a new laptop. What CPU type/speed/spec should I be looking at to run it at a reasonable bandwidth? Not necessarily 35MHz but...