Dave Kennett's SDR School Part 2 The Hardware @WirelessMuseum

Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago

As a television engineer at Ohio Bell and Ameritech, Dave Kennett, W8KFJ (SK), worked on some of the finest analog equipment in the world, but when software defined ham radio radio equipment became affordable he went all in.
In this second episode of his "SDR School" series, Dave discusses how various types of SDR hardware affect performance and cost.

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