Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-29 Thread Marcus Müller
>From the customer support perspective: The E310 is a very nice device from an analog point of view, but be warned: The E310 is an embedded device; it runs Linux on its own CPU, and you have to develop your signal processing software to run on that CPU; if you need to do something with serious ban

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-29 Thread John B. Wood
On 12/25/2015 01:02 PM, David McQuate wrote: Broadcast radio & TV transmitters, police & fire repeaters, and others have potent signals. If your system does not attenuate them, by using low-pass, high-pass, or band-pass filters, the peak voltage at your analog to digital converter may at times

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-28 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Kevin McQuiggin wrote: > Amateur radio has also historically been a source of innovation and new > technologies. This has been fairly constant throughout the 100+ years of > amateur activity. In many cases, while a specific new technology may not > have arisen d

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-27 Thread Markus Heller
Hi Kevin, Dear List, the international tendency however is to lower the bar. Also here in Germany we are having discussions about a new novice class with even further reduced requirements, and stakes are high this class will come. On the other hand, I think the authorities have understood that a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-27 Thread Kevin McQuiggin
Thanks for the interesting comments. > And that's why it's so exciting to have amateur operators to talk to -- I > don't come from a ham background myself, and so I'm learning new stuff every > day. It's often the practical things that stop you if you're a "theory and > lab person”. My friend

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 25/12/15 00:05, Martin Braun wrote: > Hey Daniel, > > thanks for this discussion. We don't get a whole lot of hardcore hams > here, despite the radio, and it'll be nice to make it easier for them to > join the community. I look forward to your wiki contributions! > > On 12/24/2015 01:57 PM,

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-27 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 27/12/15 09:40, Marcus Müller wrote: > Hi Kevin, > beautiful email! > > On 12/27/2015 01:16 AM, Kevin McQuiggin wrote: >> Amateur radio has also historically been a source of innovation and new >> technologies. This has been fairly constant throughout the 100+ years of >> amateur activity.

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-27 Thread Marcus Müller
Hi Kevin, beautiful email! On 12/27/2015 01:16 AM, Kevin McQuiggin wrote: > Amateur radio has also historically been a source of innovation and new > technologies. This has been fairly constant throughout the 100+ years of > amateur activity. In many cases, while a specific new technology may

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-26 Thread Kevin McQuiggin
Amateur radio has also historically been a source of innovation and new technologies. This has been fairly constant throughout the 100+ years of amateur activity. In many cases, while a specific new technology may not have arisen directly from amateur radio activity, the innovative spirit that

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-26 Thread Markus Heller
Hi Tom, that's right, I don't operate that much myself. I do from time to time, and sometimes I also take great pleasure in worldwide CW contests, out in the German wilderness, in a tent :-) But just twice a year. The rest of the time I rather focus software development, APRS & Raspberry, SDR deve

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-26 Thread Marcus D. Leech
On 12/26/2015 03:34 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote: First, really too bad you can't make it this year, and we appreciate the hams that are building cool stuff with GNU Radio. However, I wanted to point out that while many of us /have/ an amateur license and call sign, there's a different question of h

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-26 Thread Tom Rondeau
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Markus Heller wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm very sorry that I cannot join this FOSDEM. I'd love to, but I must > travel to see an old friend of our family who is seriously ill - I > promised to visit him end of January. > > I'd like to contradict to Martin's observat

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Nate Temple
Henry, Yes, the data stream will be interleaved I and Q values. Happy Holidays, Nate > On Dec 25, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Henry Barton wrote: > > You're right, Nate, the sampling rate equals bandwidth on SDR's. Does complex > sampling mean using I and Q? > > Sent from Windows Mail > > From: Nat

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Nate Temple
Hi, > Remember the Nyquist Theorem, which tells us that you can sample 1,6 MHz > wir 3,2 MSPS, and common amateur radio signals are generally far smaller > than 1,6 MHz. So the RTLSDR stick will probably be sufficient for most > of your experiments. Just a small correction, the samples from the

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Ron Economos
bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org [mailto:discuss- gnuradio-bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Pocock Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 13:27 To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started On 24/12/15 08:31, Marcus Müller wrote: Forgot:

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Marcus Müller
Hi Daniel, On 12/25/2015 09:51 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > On 25/12/15 19:44, Marcus D. Leech wrote: >> On 12/25/2015 09:18 AM, Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> First of all, the USRP radios are kind of experimental radios, using >>> them for real ham radio operation on antennas wil

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Markus Heller
dio-bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Pocock > > Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 13:27 > > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started > > > > > > > > On 24/12/15 08:31, Marcus Mü

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 25/12/15 19:44, Marcus D. Leech wrote: > On 12/25/2015 09:18 AM, Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras wrote: >> Hi, >> >> First of all, the USRP radios are kind of experimental radios, using >> them for real ham radio operation on antennas will require filters and >> PAs. "Out of the box" it will only be s

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Marcus D. Leech
r-specific-application" radio like your typical SDR. -Original Message- From: discuss-gnuradio-bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org [mailto:discuss- gnuradio-bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Pocock Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 13:27 To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Marcus Müller
arcus > > > > Ralph. > > > > *From:*discuss-gnuradio-bounces+ralph=schmid....@gnu.org > [mailto:discuss-gnuradio-bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org] *On Behalf > Of *Marcus Müller > *Sent:* Thursday, December 24, 2015 16:21 > *To:* discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > *Sub

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread David McQuate
Broadcast radio & TV transmitters, police & fire repeaters, and others have potent signals. If your system does not attenuate them, by using low-pass, high-pass, or band-pass filters, the peak voltage at your analog to digital converter may at times exceed "full scale". The resulting non-linea

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 25/12/15 15:18, Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras wrote: > Hi, > > First of all, the USRP radios are kind of experimental radios, using them for > real ham radio operation on antennas will require filters and PAs. "Out of > the box" it will only be some proof of concept when you create a ham radio >

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras
: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started Hi Daniel, about to take a walk, so please excuse my brevity: On 12/24/2015 01:26 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: On 24/12/15 08:31, Marcus Müller wrote: Forgot: [1] http://marcus.hostalia.de/sdra/pres.pdf Thanks for the fast reply, I

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-25 Thread Ralph A. Schmid, dk5ras
hmid@gnu.org [mailto:discuss- > gnuradio-bounces+ralph=schmid@gnu.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Pocock > Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 13:27 > To: discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started > > > > On 24/12/15 08:31, Marcus Mü

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-24 Thread Markus Heller
Hi there, I'm very sorry that I cannot join this FOSDEM. I'd love to, but I must travel to see an old friend of our family who is seriously ill - I promised to visit him end of January. I'd like to contradict to Martin's observation. Last year's FOSDEM clearly showed that around 80% of the GNURa

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-24 Thread Martin Braun
Hey Daniel, thanks for this discussion. We don't get a whole lot of hardcore hams here, despite the radio, and it'll be nice to make it easier for them to join the community. I look forward to your wiki contributions! On 12/24/2015 01:57 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > [...] > OK, I'll probably get in

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-24 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 24/12/15 16:21, Marcus Müller wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > about to take a walk, so please excuse my brevity: > > On 12/24/2015 01:26 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> On 24/12/15 08:31, Marcus Müller wrote: >>> Forgot: >>> >>> [1] http://marcus.hostalia.de/sdra/pres.pdf >>> >> Thanks for the fast repl

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-24 Thread Tim K
Hey Dan, you may be interested in this app! https://github.com/madengr/ham2mon - Tim On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I did a quick search for resources for ham/amateur operators getting > started with GNU Radio, I came across these: > > http://gnuradio.o

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-24 Thread Ron Economos
Here's a few links of interest. https://github.com/argilo/sdr-examples This flow graph transmits wideband FM, narrow band FM, AM, LSB, USB, CW and PSK31 simultaneously. https://github.com/argilo/sdr-examples/blob/master/multi_tx.grc Ham radio for the USRP. http://sodaradio.sourceforge.net/S

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-24 Thread Marcus Müller
Hi Daniel, about to take a walk, so please excuse my brevity: On 12/24/2015 01:26 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > On 24/12/15 08:31, Marcus Müller wrote: >> Forgot: >> >> [1] http://marcus.hostalia.de/sdra/pres.pdf >> > > Thanks for the fast reply, I had a look and I notice you emphasize the > USRP

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-24 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 24/12/15 08:31, Marcus Müller wrote: > Forgot: > > [1] http://marcus.hostalia.de/sdra/pres.pdf > Thanks for the fast reply, I had a look and I notice you emphasize the USRP products, you mention the B200 and B210 (the OZ9AEC link I found also mentioned USRP but didn't specify model numbers

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-23 Thread Marcus Müller
Forgot: [1] http://marcus.hostalia.de/sdra/pres.pdf Am 24. Dezember 2015 08:30:21 MEZ, schrieb "Marcus Müller" : >No "solution", but maybe my presentation with the examples of a >multichannel receiver and an FM talking clock transmitter are of >interest to you :) [1]. > >basically, GNU Radio has

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-23 Thread Marcus Müller
No "solution", but maybe my presentation with the examples of a multichannel receiver and an FM talking clock transmitter are of interest to you :) [1]. basically, GNU Radio has all the building blocks you'll need, but you might need to plug them together to fulfill your particular purpose. Che

[Discuss-gnuradio] ham/amateur getting started

2015-12-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
Hi all, I did a quick search for resources for ham/amateur operators getting started with GNU Radio, I came across these: http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/HamRadio http://www.oz9aec.net/index.php/grc-examples Both of them refer to receivers, the latter has an SSB transmitter