well, my VNWA2.6 will do TDR, and hardware-wise, it's not THAT fancy.....can't see why the 6000 series couldn't do the same thing...73, w5xz, dan
--- On Tue, 7/10/12, James McLester <[email protected]> wrote: From: James McLester <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flex 6000 series - Antenna analyzer and time-domain reflectometer To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 1:49 AM And the AIM4170 with 6 AA bats can hide in the toolbox with a geriatric laptop as part of the "antenna" toolkit. Jim W4YXU On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > TDR functionality requires analysis capability (software), and very accurate > pulse generation / measurement ability (hardware). It's not something that > can just be added to PSDR; there would need to be hardware in the > 1500/3000/5000 to support this and I doubt that it's in there. > > And as far as developing this into the 6000 series...I would rather Flex > worked on making them the best possible transceivers first and foremost. An > AIM-4170 can be bought for about 1/10th of the (proposed) cost of a 6700. > > > Mike Alexander - N8MSA > > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Catani" <[email protected]> > To: "Stan Williams" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 8:26:45 PM > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flex 6000 series - Antenna analyzer and time-domain > reflectometer > > Any reason the psdr software couldn't do this as well > > > On 7/8/12, Stan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >> Does the new hardware have, or can be made to have, the ability to send a >> pulse down any of the antenna connectors and: >> >> a) Monitor the reflections and display the results as a time-domain >> reflectometer at a base frequency of choice (any frequency on which the >> 6000 >> may transmit) . Providing the power is low enough the receiver can stay on >> to "see" the sent pulse and reflected signals; then graph the reflections >> on >> a time or distance basis. This will permit exact real-time measurement of >> off-centre fed antennae as well as feed line analysis and balun impedance >> matching. Velocity factor if a bare wire is paralleled with a test cable >> and the difference in reflected time represents the velocity factor. >> >> b) Perform the function of a graphic antenna analyzer by sending a >> series of very short bursts (several cycles on each frequency) and graph >> the >> results with SWR and impedance. The user selects scan centre frequency and >> scan width. >> >> >> >> Stan Williams >> VE3FLW >> FlowBased Solutions Inc. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flexedge mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz >> This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used >> for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist >> who are using beta versions of the software. >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. -- Jim W4YXU _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
