Hence the need for the huge "cray-like" computational power.

73,
Scott AC8DE

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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Lloyd
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:51 PM
To: Drax Felton
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Slices

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Drax Felton <[email protected]> wrote:

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> So why can't the Flex 5000 and PowerSDR emulate the idea of monitoring 
> slices of multiple bands?
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Because the hardware isn't capable. The 6x00 receivers actually receive the
ENTIRE 30kHz-76MHz spectrum AT THE SAME TIME. That's right -- THE WHOLE
ENCHILADA! The "slices" just "carve out" a small piece of what has already
been received and then provide that to the operator on-demand. The older
radios only receive the span equal to the sampling rate and then that is
tuned (by hardware DDS) to span the part of the spectrum you want to
receive.

Imagine that difference between looking at the world through a porthole vs.
going up and standing on deck so you can see in all directions at once.
That is the big difference between the previous QSD-based radios and the
DS/DDC radios of the 6x00 series.

--
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL
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