Lee Buller wrote:
I think the way the SDR concept was designed was by thinking outside
of the box - but - I think the designers jumped into another box.
One could legitimately argue that the only way to see how far in a given
direction is "too far" is to go there and try it out. Then start backtracking
and find that sweet spot.
I agree that operating a radio with a screen and a mouse is uninspiring duty,
to say the best of it -- and a significant handicap at worst. Nevertheless,
good ideas can come out of this exercise. On the Flex SDR-1000, for example,
the ability to click on signals spotted on the very high-resolution panoramic
display is totally cool.
But it's the concept that's cool, not the implementation. Does one necessarily
require a computer and a mouse to implement this concept? Of course not. Just
use some good engineering imagination! Perhaps the upcoming Elecraft K3
Panadapter will have this kind of functionality implemented in some really
elegant way no one has even thought of yet. :-) I wouldn't b surprised.
Bill / W5WVO
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