It's all in the algorithm. Eventually the technology for some type of adaptive algorithm will be made available to us that will take care of any type of noise. I wonder if the General Dynamics DMR already has it!
> From: w...@verizon.net > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:23:29 -0500 > Subject: [Flexradio] DSP NR > > I have been using the Flex 5K with Win7 64bit running on an i7 with 12 gb > memory for about 5 years now. Have upgraded software at least 4 major > revisions now running v2.7.2 PowerSDR. This is an awsome radio and my best > radio. Currently have 2 other HF radios: IC7800 and TS2000 and have had many > Kenwood and Yaesu radios over the years. > > There is one area where the Flex 5K falls down and has not really ever > worked. The DSP noise reduction is useless. Over the years I have not seen > any situation where switching on NR improves the ability to copy a weak > signal. The IC7800 DSP NR is FAR superior. When I purchased the Flex at the > Boxborough Ma hamfest the canned demonstration showed incredible signal > improvement using NR. So I wonder when the NR will ever be improved to at > least the usable state. > > BTW I’ve tried every conceivable setting on the DSP and Audio config. pages, > have lots of processing power and lots of experience with SDR’s. I work with > the most expensive SDR everyday of the week at my job: The General Dynamics > DMR, at $500K per copy this isn’t comparable but my point is I’m not new to > SDR. That said if I’m missing something I’d like to hear from others who may > have had a different experience. Again I think this is a great radio just > not great DSP NR. > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/