On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:18 AM, Stewart Bryant <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/05/2011 04:58, Brian Lloyd wrote: > >> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Bret Mills<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Why use wire at all? >>> >> > > GigE with a copper phy is readily available, often > built into the motherboard, and fibre optics (of which there > are several flavours) is not readily available. > It depends on what you mean by "readily". I can buy copper-to-fiber media converters over-the-counter. In fact, if I were doing a project where I was remoting a radio on or at the base of a tower I would seriously consider using fiber as the interconnect for signalling. It is how I wire buildings that have different grounds. Yes, it would be more expensive but just as doable. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
