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

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 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

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 clearly

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-28 Thread Bob McGwier
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, as revolutionary

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 on

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?

2008-07-27 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?

2008-07-27 Thread Frank Brickle
Systems Administrator W4TME - Original Message - From: Dennis Petrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim Ellison (W4TME) [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Robert Dennison
(W4TME) [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz 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

[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 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

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Tim Ellison
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: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? On Sun, Jul 27, 2008

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 ? . . . de ken n9vv GBG -

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

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

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

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Lee Mushel
Message - From: Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Dennison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz 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 Dennison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Lee A Crocker
Why a subcarrier? just make it the contest exchange ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives:

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 available

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-27 Thread Bob McGwier
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 novel problem. Calling the prototype VR

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-master 2

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 precious

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, not

[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

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Tim Ellison (W4TME)
] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz 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 earlier exposure of alpha

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Frank Brickle
to make RF out of. - Tim - FRS Internet Systems Administrator W4TME - Original Message - From: Kirb Nesbitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:22 PM Subject: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? New Radio? Please step up

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Dennis Petrich
: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? No new physical radio, per se. When you match the new VR code with the FLEX-5000 and the SDR-1000, you will have new software defined radios that are going to be very different from what you have today with PowerSDR 1.x. That is what was promised to have running

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Tim Ellison (W4TME)
-radio.biz 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 - From: Tim Ellison (W4TME) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Lee Mushel
: 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 novel problem. Calling the prototype VR the new radio might be just a sliver less

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim Ellison (W4TME) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz 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

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Frank Brickle
@flex-radio.biz 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 applied to a mildly novel

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Alan NV8A
K9WRU - Original Message - From: Frank Brickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim Ellison (W4TME) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio? Tim is exactly right. And anyway

Re: [Flexradio] New Model from FlexRadio?

2008-07-26 Thread Robert Dennison
-radio.biz 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 - From: Tim Ellison (W4TME) [EMAIL