What did you have in mind -- not sure what kind of API you are talking about.
Steve Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM VP Engineering FlexRadio Systems™ 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 Austin, TX 78728 Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 Email: [email protected] Web: www.flexradio.com *Tune In Excitement™* PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Michael Hasenfratz <[email protected]> wrote: > Steve, > > You know, some of us have tools and know how to try some of these ideas > (Software & Logicware). An API would be really nice for us to play... > > Michael Hasenfratz > ======================== > Light travels faster than sound. > This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. > > On Aug 19, 2012, at 8:04 PM, "Stephen Hicks, N5AC" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It's funny, when we have conversations like this inside the company, > since > > we are all hams we think about what we would want or what would be neat > to > > have first. We dream just like you were doing and then we all stop > > ourselves and say: OK, now could we actually sell this to someone else > and > > what would it cost to do it? There are so many good ideas of neat things > > that can be done -- some from internal sources and some from external. > If > > only someone could give us 48 hours in a day to do them all ;-) > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Rick McClelland, AA5S > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi, Steve; > >> > >> Thank you for responding to my note, that really wasn't necessary since > I > >> was just speculating/dreaming about something really groovy to do with > the > >> 6700 series radios. Furthermore, presuming that this point isn't > already > >> obvious, my thoughts about combining a 6700 and 6700R for improved > receive > >> performance were completely without a technical basis for understanding > how > >> such a combination would be made possible. > >> > >> However, it seems from your response that there may be, at least at some > >> point in the future, a possibility of this becoming reality. I'm pretty > >> confident the receive performance of a stand-alone 6700 would meet the > >> needs of most amateurs (case in point, my Flex 1500 seems to be suiting > my > >> needs just fine.) I was thinking of this from the view of a > stake-holder > >> in the company, wouldn't it be groovy if instead of selling a single > radio > >> to the high-end amateur, Flex could sell two or four? That would have > to > >> be a positive outcome for all involved, including those of us still > >> happily puttering around with 'legacy' radios. > >> > >> Rick > >> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Stephen Hicks, N5AC < > [email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>> Rick, > >>> > >>> There are many forms of combining signals for better reception. In the > >>> 6700(R), the two SCUs are completely synchronized (ALL LOs are > >>> synchronous). This is not a trivial assertion -- there are very few > radios > >>> that can make this assertion and no other commercially available > amateur > >>> radios. This gives rise to some exceptionally easy combining that > gives > >>> immediate benefits in terms of sensitivity and dynamic range. > >>> > >>> The 6000 series also has an optional GPS module that is designed to > help > >>> in the synchronization of receivers that are or are not next to each > other. > >>> Combining signals that are generated with a separate LO/sampling clock, > >>> that have not been synchronized is a harder problem. The GPS makes > this > >>> easier, but also allows us to send signals across the Internet and > combine > >>> signals knowing both where and when they originated. The benefits from > >>> this will come later as the software is developed. > >>> > >>> Incidentally, our CDRX-3200 is a blade-architecture receiver that can > >>> synchronize 32 receivers. It also costs in the mid-five-figures. The > cost > >>> of developing and build a blade-architecture system is significantly > more > >>> than what we came up with in the 6000-series. We did consider a blade > >>> system, but every time we added up all the connectors, separate PCBs, > >>> hardware and sheet metal we would realize that the ME's in the office > were > >>> getting more than their fair share of the product cost. We want > product > >>> cost to stay in the EE/SW side of the house. And we wanted the radio > to be > >>> as affordable as we could make it. ;-) > >>> > >>> Steve > >>> > >>> Stephen Hicks, N5AC, AAR6AM > >>> VP Engineering > >>> FlexRadio Systems™ > >>> 4616 W Howard Ln Ste 1-150 > >>> Austin, TX 78728 > >>> Phone: 512-535-4713 x205 > >>> Email: [email protected] > >>> Web: www.flexradio.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> *Tune In Excitement™* > >>> PowerSDR™ is a trademark of FlexRadio Systems > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Rick McClelland, AA5S < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Well, we can ignore that part of my posting (it was 2 am, after all), > I'm > >>>> curious as to whether there would be any real, tangible benefit to > >>>> lashing > >>>> together a 6700 and a 6700R? This is certainly within the reach > >>>> (economically) of a fair number of hams. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Dan Parsons <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> You just described what they already make for the government :) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Dan > >>>>> > >>>>> On Aug 3, 2012, at 1:08 AM, "Rick McClelland, AA5S" < > >>>> [email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I notice in the Flex 6700 brochure: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Each of the two Spectral Capture Units allows simultaneous reception > >>>> from > >>>>>> their own respective antenna or the two can be optimally combined to > >>>>>> deliver increased dynamic range. In addition, dual SCUs provide the > >>>>>> capability for diversity reception, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> beam steering, noise mitigation, and multi-antenna monitoring. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If we can combine two SCUs for increased dynamic range or diversity > >>>>>> reception, etc., how about combining a Flex 6700 with a Flex 6700R > >>>> such > >>>>>> that a single client utilizes four SCUs, two optimized for dynamic > >>>> range > >>>>>> and two for diversity reception? Of course if we can do that, let's > >>>>> ditch > >>>>>> the 6700 form factor altogether and put two SCUs in a half height > >>>> blade > >>>>> and > >>>>>> the same with a 500w transmitter module and stuff these into a HP > >>>> c7000 > >>>>>> series enclosure. We could have sixteen 500w transmitter modules > >>>> and 96 > >>>>>> SCUs in a single rack for the ultimate 8kw transceiver. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Just a thought, I guess I should stop dreaming and get back to bed. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Rick McClelland, AA5S > >>>>>> Fort Collins, CO > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> 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. > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Rick McClelland, AA5S > >>>> Fort Collins, CO > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Rick McClelland, AA5S > >> Fort Collins, CO > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ 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.
