Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Jul 28, 2008, at 4:49 AM, Lee A Crocker wrote: > Antennas and rotors are some of the dumbest peripherals I know. I2C > could at least smartin them up a little. My point was to wring all > the power out of the bus that is available and not just settle for > the trivial subset. I agree

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Frank Brickle
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Lee A Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I like Frank's idea for a miles per ERP approach to contesting. > Not my idea by a long shot. It's been batted around in V/U/SHF for a long time, evidently. Zack Lau W1VT is the one who's done the most extensive thinking

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Bob McGwier
1:17 PM To: Bob McGwier Cc: Tim Ellison (W4TME); [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Bob McGwier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Frank and I differ. The ultimate capabilities are profoundly revolutionary,

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting "Ray, K9DUR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Mon 28 Jul 2008 04:25:33 AM PDT: > Jim, > > The amateur radio service is NOT an emergency communications service > according to the FCC regulations? I beg to differ! The very first section > of Part 97, the "Basis and Purpose" of the amateur service cl

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Ross Stenberg
Speaking of humility, please read the following from another reflector. "Get'er done". 73 Ross K9COX "Please join me in congratulating Phil on the first Mono port of the SDRMAX-II GUI *and* QS1RServer to Linux (Ubuntu 8.04 2.6.24.20-rt kernel). These two achievements are among the 11 bre

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Lee A Crocker
Antennas and rotors are some of the dumbest peripherals I know. I2C could at least smartin them up a little. My point was to wring all the power out of the bus that is available and not just settle for the trivial subset. I like Frank's idea for a miles per ERP approach to contesting. 73

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Ray, K9DUR
Jim, The amateur radio service is NOT an emergency communications service according to the FCC regulations? I beg to differ! The very first section of Part 97, the "Basis and Purpose" of the amateur service clearly states that the amateur radio service has emergency communications as one of its p

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Bob McGwier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Frank and I differ. The ultimate capabilities are profoundly revolutionary, > as revolutionary an impact on radio as say CW Skimmer is having on CW > contesting/operating. That said, the opening salvos will be functional, >

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Lee Mushel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Sun 27 Jul 2008 03:32:01 PM PDT: > I just got up from my nap to see the cognitive contesting business and I > will admit that something that complex offers more than a few interesting > aspects but you've not considered the *missing link*! I see preci

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Jim Lux
Quoting Lee A Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on Sun 27 Jul 2008 12:59:11 PM PDT: > > This is why flexwire is so much more than just a bus to run some > relays, and why it will be important to be able to distribute > functionality across a network. Flexwire is a master-slave/ > master-mas

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Bob McGwier
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? Tim is exactly right. And anyway, we're out of the closet in admitting that the highly-esteemed "new architecture" is really just some "old architecture" applied to a mildly n

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Lee A Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Why a subcarrier? just make it the contest exchange Two reasons: (1) So it can be decoded automatically by a simple demod, rather than (say) an open-speaker-set voice transcription, by a program sucking in all availabl

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
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Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Lee Mushel
K9WRU - Original Message - From: "Frank Brickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Dennison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? > On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Robert Denniso

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Robert Dennison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been in a few sports (like fencing) where automation basically > ruined what was a very interesting activity... Oh, well, you can be sure there will be contesting. It's like, around the world, give a few kids a f

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Robert Dennison
Hey Frank, Like your thoughts... I've been in a few sports (like fencing) where automation basically ruined what was a very interesting activity. Your thoughts could well prevent that from happening in Ham radio contesting!!Stick with it! 73's Rob AB7CF On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:57:59 -0

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
The Contest SDR will have far more capability. The whole gig about contesting is probability and maximizing efficiencies and there now exist monte carlo engines that can run thousands of simulations and develop a distribution of forward looking likely scenarios, and can do a risk benefit analys

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...sit around on the beach with your friends in Aruba steaming oysters and > drinking cold ones by the fire for 24 hours... Actually this is a pretty good opportunity to illustrate the difference between the limited Cogn

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Tim Ellison
for 24 hours while you win first place high power all-band SO2R "assisted". -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Brickle Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:16 PM To: Robert Dennison Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Fl

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Robert Dennison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A thinking SDR should be fascinating... > The word "cognitive" is kind of misleading. By convention, a Cognitive Radio is one which, without operator intervention, will reconfigure itself based on its current signal e

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Neal Campbell
Geralds Baby Girl? On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Ken N9VV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hummm > GBG = "gotta be good" ? > GBG = "God Bless Gerald" ? > GBG = "Greatness Beyond Grandure" ? > GBG = "Great Big Gadget" ? > GBG = "Grand Boundless Gates" ? > GBG = "Golden Brass Goblets" ? > . > . >

[Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Ken N9VV
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Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Robert Dennison
dministrator > W4TME > > > - Original Message - > From: "Dennis Petrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tim Ellison (W4TME)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:47 PM > Subject: Re: [

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
Original Message - > > From: "Dennis Petrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tim Ellison (W4TME)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Mo

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
*That* is impressive! John PS -- I went to the "Round the Horne Revisited" stage show a few years ago. Another great British radio show. Alan NV8A said the following on 07/26/2008 10:20 PM: > Probably I can do you one better: I attended one of their recording > sessions back in the 1950s.

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Robert Dennison
ROTECTED]> > To: "Tim Ellison (W4TME)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? > > > > Impressive, can you point me to some description of what

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Alan NV8A
Lee K9WRU >>> ----- Original Message - >>> From: "Frank Brickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Tim Ellison (W4TME)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >>> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:32 PM >>>

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Frank Brickle
> > > > Lee K9WRU > > - Original Message - > > From: "Frank Brickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Tim Ellison (W4TME)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:32 PM >

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
it around! > > 73 > > Lee K9WRU > - Original Message - > From: "Frank Brickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tim Ellison (W4TME)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:32 PM > Subject:

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Lee Mushel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? > Tim is exactly right. And anyway, we're out of the closet in admitting that > the highly-esteemed "new architecture" is really just some "old > architecture&qu

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Tim Ellison (W4TME)
gt;; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? > Impressive, can you point me to some description of what VR code is? I > have the SDR-1000. > > Thanks, Dennis, k0eoo > > > - Original Message - >

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Dennis Petrich
ator > W4TME > > > - Original Message - > From: "Kirb Nesbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:22 PM > Subject: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? > > >> New Radio? Please step up and speak into the micropho

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Frank Brickle
rce and destination for I/Q data streams for some black box to > make RF out of. > > - Tim > - > FRS Internet Systems Administrator > W4TME > > > - Original Message - > From: "Kirb Nesbitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturd

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Tim Ellison (W4TME)
AIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:22 PM Subject: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? > New Radio? Please step up and speak into the microphone, sir. :-) > > Frank, AB2KT said- > " Sooner than you might think. We are moving very fast now towards an > earl

[Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Kirb Nesbitt
New Radio? Please step up and speak into the microphone, sir. :-) Frank, AB2KT said- " Sooner than you might think. We are moving very fast now towards an earlier exposure of alpha code for the new radio than we'd previously announced (Dayton next)." Kirb - VE6IV __