On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Stephen Hicks, N5AC <st...@flexradio.com>wrote:
> The on-board optional GPS serves two key purposes: > > 1) Long-term & short-term frequency stability (GPSDO) > 2) Capability for unique time-sensitive applications > > The first is obvious -- the 10 MHz out of the GPS is used as a reference > for the master 983.04MHz oscillator which determines the frequency > stability of the radio. The second is more subtle. The GPS' 1PPS and > serial are used together to obtain a high accuracy time correlation for RF > data across multiple FLEX-6000 Signature Series radios. Initially, only > number one above will be realized in software. But future software will > have the capability of RF data with high-precision time correlation at its > disposal. Imagine what is possible ;-) > Very long baseline interferometry, or another way of looking at it, an antenna the size of the world. Beam steering takes on a WHOLE new meaning then, when your two (hundred) antennas can be 15,000 km apart. > Order of operations is: 1) make it work, 2) do something cool. > The key is that the hardware is there to support the software when you get around to it. Hyu iz schmatt guyz. I was counting on that. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
