Are you confusing a direct conversion receiver with a direct sampling receiver? A super-het (K3) or direct conversion (KX3) receiver is a heterodyne system. A direct sampling receiver is not.
wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood BSEE Rice University, 1981 CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Apr 25, 2016, at 9:00 PM, Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not smackin' this tar baby except to note that a direct sampling > radio*is* a heterodyne radio. > > On 4/25/2016 8:19 PM, Robert Vargas-KP4Y via Elecraft wrote: >> I agree that comparisons between an heterodyne radio and direct-sampling >> radio is not like comparing apples vs apples. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]

