>My uncle, Charles Sumner Williams (author of Introduction to the Optical >Transfer Function), who taught radio at Scott Field during WWII and retired from >TI said that the problem with "computer" signal detection (we were discussing >CW) was trying to duplicate with a computer what the human brain could do was >difficult. However, once you succeeds, the computer is likely to be able to do >the job better.
Walt, part of what your Uncle was explaining is Heuristics ie. "In computer science <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science>, a *heuristic* is a technique designed to solve a problem that ignores whether the solution can be proven to be correct, but which usually produces a good solution or solves a simpler problem that contains or intersects with the solution of the more complex problem." -- wikipedia.org Until we can introduct a heuristic characterstic to an SDR, the results will be limited. 73... Jon W1MNK Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
