Never tried SDR, looking around. I only use Debian Linux at home, so much of the comments I see online is irrelevant since it is based on Windows experience. Can someone with Linux experience with SDR please comment?
I'd like to budget for around $100 so I have been looking at SDRPlay offerings, though the price keeps going up. Evidently the only software available for Linux is CubicSDR, is that true? I see online there have been questions about continued support for CubicSDR. I _might_ consider the RSPDx model which is currently selling for about $220, but that is stretching a bit.
I suppose I have decided that to go lower (RTL-SDR dongles) would not be worth fooling with, but you may disagree?
I haven't yet investigated the Airspy offerings yet, thinking they are too much over my budget.
I'm mostly interested in the ham bands, and it looks like the lower priced SDR boards require additional filtering for things like the AM band, etc?
Many of the reviews and comments I have seen online for SDR hardware are two to four years old!
What I want to accomplish: just playing around mostly, but want a tool to visually look at spectrum with my old Kenwood TS520, or any other older rig without a built in display or dedicated hardware panadapter.
Thanks,
Keith