It's all about the Software

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

Thanks

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...

Sorry, not a technical question.

Just wondered if anyone purchased the RX888 Mk2 on AliExpress from China for import to the UK and if so did it arrive with any extra charges to pay? Listings generally say free shipping to UK but wonder if it then...

Hi everybody,

The firmware that the RX-888 and RX-888 mk2 loads on startup when using SDR-Console v3.0.27 seems to be rather old (probably ExtIO_sddc.dll v1.1.0 for use on HDSDR).
The version v1.2 RC1 was released but had some bugs and the last and...

Hi There, new user,
I have installed my rx888 mk2 and the dependency's I have no signal on receive on either the hf or the vhf antennas.
SDR console seems to see the rx888 mk2 I'm wondering if there's any other drivers or settings i may have...

Hi.

Maybe someone with solid knowledge about USB3 drivers and HW can give me a hint about how I should proceed with my investigation and hopefully solving of the below described problem.

I had my RX-888 open in order to get +5V from the USB...

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...

How can i run 3 or 4 or 6 receivers at same time and link each one to an instance of wsjtx? Wich software supports this?
I now can do this with my sdrpaly and sdruno software but only at 10 mhz bandwidth and í want to do with the rx888 at 20 or 30...

Does anyone know of a suitable - low-cost - down convertor that could be used with the RX-888? I am specifically looking at the 88 - 108 MHz FM broadcast band.

So far I have found a mixer module on banggood for around £8.50 - £11.50. It would...

When the MKII is tuned above 32MHz what tuner is being used, I know the antenna port switches at 64MHz and see mention of 64MHz bandwidth but from what I can see it's the R828D, is that correct? I've tried it in both Console and using the extio with...

Simon's latest post on the 666/888 makes reference to the SDR requiring a lot of current; I'm wondering just how much? My SDRs reside about 10 ft. away from the PC & I'm using a USB2.0 extension cable with thicker power wires (22 or 24 gauge) to...