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
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, not glitzy and the glitz will come with time. Bob ARRL SDR Working Group Ch

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
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 precious few cognitive operators and an amazing number of ideas that I don't understand. H

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
"Think of a "smart" contesting SDR" At the contesters forum this year at Dayton they were all zigged up about CW skimmer. This will really get there undergarments in a perpetual wad. Just think about it. The control op just need to be in "control" of the radio, not actually operating it (e.g.

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
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" ? . . . de ken n9vv > GBG -> initials for a set of words still secret to me, but not hard to > figure out _

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Robert Dennison
Hey Frank, Thanks for the definitions! Nice to have a few secrets. A thinking SDR should be fascinating... Rob AB7CF On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:56:33 -0700 "Frank Brickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: FSM -> Finite State Machine C/SDR -> Cognitive/Software Defined Radio VR -> Virtual Radio GBG ->

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
FSM -> Finite State Machine C/SDR -> Cognitive/Software Defined Radio VR -> Virtual Radio GBG -> initials for a set of words still secret to me, but not hard to figure out AFAP -> As Far As Possible *nix -> shorthand for the family of operating systems descended from Unix 73 Frank AB2KT PS The pr

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] Audio mixer/amp recommendation?

2008-07-27 Thread Bruce Mills - KL7JDR
I use the Flex-5000a PWR SPKR line out to the computer sound card line line in. Then listen on computer speakers. Can balance with the 5000 mixer output or the line in. 73's , Bruce KL7JDR Bruce W. Mills P.O. Box 1500 31490 Echo Lake Road Soldotna , Alaska 99669 (907)262-4373 [EMAIL PR