You mean there are *only* two of him? I thought I had seen more. ;>) Gerald
Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR President and CEO FlexRadio Systems(TM) Email: [email protected] Web: www.flexradio.com <http://www.flex-radio.com/> Tune In Excitement (TM) PowerSDR(TM) is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Ed Haskell <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Robert/Bob, > > Now I know how you accomplish so much inspired remarkable work. There are > actually *two *of you! > > 73 > Ed W1PN > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Bob McGwier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Robert made a careless statement that is misinterpreted easily in his > > enthusiasm. Bob will correct it! ;-). > > There is one A/D in the 6500 receive system. That feeds one FPGA which > > digitally gives us 4 slice receivers that can be sent to the DSP chip for > > further processing. > > The 6700 has two AD's in front of the LARGER FPGA. Out the door this > > configuration will support up to 8 slices in a fantastic collection of > > forms. I am like everyone else here. I am excited. But unlike many > > here, this is the radio I knew could be done in the fullness of time. > It > > is here and it's ultimate potential is limited mostly by our imagination. > > Sorry if the original was confusing and if there is still confusion, I > > apologize. > > David, the radio has a large and complex RF switching capability, > > tremendous compute power inside, ethernet interface to your shack and > > world. > > I am so proud to be able to contribute on a brand new code base, doing > > things we could only dream of before. > > For the US friends, have a great memorial day weekend! > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid > > > > > > -----Original message----- > > From: Robert McGwier <[email protected]> > > To: David Painter <[email protected]> > > Cc: flexedge <[email protected]> > > Sent: Fri, May 25, 2012 04:07:53 GMT+00:00 > > Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K & 6K ? > > > > All slice receivers will be independent and the "SDR" which follows will > > set the mode, etc. There is a software limitation on the subreceivers > in > > PSDR that has more to do the limitations imposed by the way audio was > > delivered in the, system than, it had to do with the SDR code and the way > > the control surface was implemented in the GUI. > > > > The limitations of the slice receivers are that in the 6700, four of the > 8 > > are hooked to one AD and therefore hooked to one antenna and the other 4 > > are hooked to a different AD and to a separate antenna source. For > > dynamic range and IP3 enhancements the two different AD can be hooked > > together to the same antenna. > > > > The bottom line is the answer is yes, what I said is right and I hope > the > > elaboration helps and doesn't confuse. > > > > Bob > > On May 24, 2012 5:59 PM, "David Painter" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Bob, > >> > >> That statement is only partly true...isn't it?? > >> > >> Its true that in PSDR we have a multiwatch facility but it does not > >> support independent mode/filters etc. > >> > >> Will each of the 8/4 slices in the 6700/6500 be capable of supporting > >> multiwatch/mutireceivers with independent mode/filters etc??? > >> > >> There is no multiwatch functionality in the second receiver at all, > >> although its been promised for many years, let alone independent > >> mode/filters etc > >> > >> G4PNX - David > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert McGwier" < > [email protected]> > >> To: "Jerry Flanders" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:03 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Differences between the 5K & 6K ? > >> > >> > >> In the 6700, there are 8 slice receivers but each of those will be > >> > > capable > > > >> of supporting multiple sub RX as in PSDR. We have not decided how many > >>> software receivers to run on the DaVinci per slice and if we did, how > >>> > >> you > > > >> might use them. > >>> > >>> Right now, I want one per slice to be perfect. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> On May 24, 2012 11:44 AM, "Jerry Flanders" <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> OOPS! I just re-read the PDF brochure: "Slice Receivers allow you to > >>> > >>>> simultaneously visually and audibly monitor multiple frequencies > within > >>>> the > >>>> same band or multiple bands ". Looks like we will have audio to use. > >>>> Multiple means at least 2, and maybe 4/8. I don't see the hardware > >>>> connection points, so maybe we will have audio streaming over the > >>>> ethernet > >>>> to the PC client. My error. > >>>> > >>>> Jerry W4UK > >>>> > >>>> At 10:10 AM 5/24/2012, Jerry Flanders wrote: > >>>> > >>>> At 09:51 AM 5/24/2012, Tony Estep wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 7:26 AM, W1JCW <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ....wanted to know what significant gains there would be... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ============ > >>>>>> John, a significant gain is that the new design can receive several > >>>>>> slices > >>>>>> of spectrum at once. In other words, you can run a number of the > >>>>>> lightweight display/control windows at the same time, each pointing > to > >>>>>> different frequency slices. They can be on different bands, modes, > >>>>>> > >>>>> etc. > > > >> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> We know that reception as panadaptor views of those 4-8 slices are > >>>>> planned, but we don't know if we will have audio from 4-8 "receivers" > >>>>> available for use in some worthwhile way. 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