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Author Topic: Test Driving the Russia-Made Malahit DSP-2: SWLing rip.  (Read 2224 times)

Offline ThaDood

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Looks like the Russian have taken thing up a notch in DSP / SDR based receivers.    https://swling.com/blog/2021/07/guest-post-and-review-test-driving-the-russia-made-malahit-dsp-2/   
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is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
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Re: Test Driving the Russia-Made Malahit DSP-2: SWLing rip.
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2021, 1749 UTC »
I try to write these reviews in a way that gives a good impression
of the pros and cons.  The one major issue with the Malahit/Malachite
Russian version, and I have to think this holds true for the Chinese-made
ones as well, is the internally-generated noise, which they are working on.
Hopefully, future versions will tacklet this.  But for now, it is nice to have
a receiver like this with so many audio and other features.  Noise Reduction
alone is worth the price of admission.
Dan in Potomac, MD (USA)  eQSL to:  dxace1@gmail.com

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dxace1, ya bull's-eyed that one dude!   https://swling.com/blog/category/reviews/   Oooops....
“I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy
is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is
exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.

 

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