Jim, Even though it slices and dices you can still push to squawk to your hearts content. ;)
73, Gerald Sent from my iPad On May 25, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Jim R <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes and soon you won't even have to operate the radio. Just go to work and > while away, the radio will find the DX entities you need, make the qso's and > log contacts. Through voice synthesis, it may even complete SSB contacts. To > keep it legal, you can set up your I-phone or Android for continuous > monitoring and control if necessary. All that is too stressful for me and I'm > old fashioned. I love nothing better than a good long relaxed rag chew about > radio equipment, life and family so I'll be staying in front of my 5000 > operating one band at a time and for a thrill while making an occasional rare > DX contact, use RX2 for those wide splits or to just visually monitor another > band for activity while that band is muted. > > Each to his own, > > > Jim > K5HY > > > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 21:49:05 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K & 6K ? >> >> Don't forget that there is a computer which can watch bands for you. You >> don't have to monitor all 8 slices by yourself. >> >> Here are a few ideas that could be implemented into the onboard processing >> (in radio) or streamed to the computer for post processing: >> >> <brainstorm> >> >> .With 8 slices, your computer can monitor all cw/digital parts of every band >> simultaneously and decode it all. Your computer could alert you when it >> finds a DXCC entity that you don't have yet. >> .As the hobby evolves with the technology, maybe even voice transmissions >> will have digital stamps encoded into them so that even SSB transmissions >> can be identified and partially decoded by computers. >> .The radio could always be monitoring the harmonic frequencies of the main >> band you are listening to, and correlate the harmonic frequencies with the >> main band to detect people who might be inadvertnatly transmitting >> harmonics. >> .Your computer could listen for long delayed echoes using SETI style >> software. Monitoring 3MHz of bandwith can increase your chances. >> .For VHF contesting where you work the same person multiple times in a row >> on an increasing band, you could utilize the 8 receivers combined with some >> specialized transverter multiplexing hardware (different IF frequency for >> each band) that would enable you to monitor multiple bands simultaneously, >> and allow you to work someone on the higher band without abandoning post on >> the lower band. This would give a huge advantage to VHF contesters, >> especially single op stations that done have a warm body to operate each >> band. >> .You could monitor all 2m repeaters and simplex channels simultaneously, >> record them all and play them back later. Your computer could learn the >> signatures of your buddies voice and radio and even alert you when they key >> up, regardless of what repeater they jump on. >> .A club could purchase the radio and put it in the contest station. 8 users >> could use it to monitor the bands simultaneously. >> >> </brainstorm> >> >> And so much more that hasn't been thought up yet. >> >> >> >> This really is a game changer. >> >> Greg, N2GZ/1 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Fuller N7VR >> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 8:57 PM >> To: 'flexedge' >> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K & 6K ? >> >> Bob, >> This most helpful and most troubling. >> >> All, >> >> This changes the game in a way that is difficult for my pea pick-in brain to >> comprehend. >> >> With 8 Slices, I am having problems envisioning what to do with them. >> >> I have only to ears and two eyes. If I put one slice on a right audio >> channel and a second slice on a left audio channel, then that leaves 6 >> channels for the eyes. I am beginning to understand that these might >> contribute to sensory overload. But then I had to learn not to talk on the >> phone and text my kids;-) this leave all kinds of possibilities that I find >> interesting. >> >> I am glad that it will be a bit before these will be delivered. It will take >> me some time to work this through the computer between the ears to >> understand all of the repercussions. >> >> >> >> Jim Fuller >> N7VR -- http://www.n7vr.org >> International TCP/IP Gateways Robot Operator -- http://www.ampr-gateways.org >> >> MTAPRS NET Server Operator -- http://www.mtaprs.net >> CWOP-2 -- http://www.wxqa.com >> IRLP Node 3398 - http://irlp.fuller.net >> Original ARECC contributor >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert McGwier >> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:07 PM >> To: David Painter >> Cc: flexedge >> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K & 6K ? >> >> All slice receivers will be independent and the "SDR" which follows will >> set the mode, etc. There is a software limitation on the subreceivers in >> PSDR that has more to do the limitations imposed by the way audio was >> delivered in the, system than, it had to do with the SDR code and the way >> the control surface was implemented in the GUI. >> >> The limitations of the slice receivers are that in the 6700, four of the 8 >> are hooked to one AD and therefore hooked to one antenna and the other 4 >> are hooked to a different AD and to a separate antenna source. For >> dynamic range and IP3 enhancements the two different AD can be hooked >> together to the same antenna. >> >> The bottom line is the answer is yes, what I said is right and I hope the >> elaboration helps and doesn't confuse. >> >> Bob >> On May 24, 2012 5:59 PM, "David Painter" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Bob, >>> >>> That statement is only partly true...isn't it?? >>> >>> Its true that in PSDR we have a multiwatch facility but it does not >>> support independent mode/filters etc. >>> >>> Will each of the 8/4 slices in the 6700/6500 be capable of supporting >>> multiwatch/mutireceivers with independent mode/filters etc??? >>> >>> There is no multiwatch functionality in the second receiver at all, >>> although its been promised for many years, let alone independent >>> mode/filters etc >>> >>> G4PNX - David >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert McGwier" >>> <[email protected]> >>> To: "Jerry Flanders" <[email protected]> >>> Cc: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:03 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K & 6K ? >>> >>> >>> In the 6700, there are 8 slice receivers but each of those will be >>> capable >>>> of supporting multiple sub RX as in PSDR. We have not decided how >>>> many software receivers to run on the DaVinci per slice and if we >>>> did, how you might use them. >>>> >>>> Right now, I want one per slice to be perfect. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> On May 24, 2012 11:44 AM, "Jerry Flanders" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> OOPS! I just re-read the PDF brochure: "Slice Receivers allow you to >>>>> simultaneously visually and audibly monitor multiple frequencies >>>>> within the same band or multiple bands ". Looks like we will have >>>>> audio to use. >>>>> Multiple means at least 2, and maybe 4/8. I don't see the hardware >>>>> connection points, so maybe we will have audio streaming over the >>>>> ethernet to the PC client. My error. >>>>> >>>>> Jerry W4UK >>>>> >>>>> At 10:10 AM 5/24/2012, Jerry Flanders wrote: >>>>> >>>>> At 09:51 AM 5/24/2012, Tony Estep wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:26 AM, W1JCW <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ....wanted to know what significant gains there would be... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ============ >>>>>>> John, a significant gain is that the new design can receive >>>>>>> several slices of spectrum at once. In other words, you can run a >>>>>>> number of the lightweight display/control windows at the same >>>>>>> time, each pointing to different frequency slices. They can be on >>>>>>> different bands, modes, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> We know that reception as panadaptor views of those 4-8 slices are >>>>>> planned, but we don't know if we will have audio from 4-8 "receivers" >>>>>> available for use in some worthwhile way. 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