Soft66LC4 and HDSDR

Here is my sending CQ received by Soft66LC4 and HDSDR.

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This is the beginning part of the message. The AGC is set to slow, and the bandwidth is around plus_minus 200Hz.

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And this is the ending part. The audio file is here.

IC-7410 vs. Soft66LC4

If you wish to compare the sound from two receivers listening to the same RF signal, you need a spliter.

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A 3dB hybrid transormer is the desired solution, but you can use a resistive tee with obvious disadvantages such as a greater loss and poor isolation between the ports.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_dividers_and_directional_couplers

The RF signal, fed into a dummy load, from IC-7410 at 7026.00kHz is received with Soft66LC4 at 7025.828kHz with almost no audible beat from the two nominal 600Hz tones.

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So the difference bewteen the two LOs are around 172Hz.

Listening to the same CW signals with IC-7410 and Soft66LC4 simultaneously, it seems to me that the sound from Soft66LC4 and HDSDR is preferable.