Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-09 Thread WILLIE BABER
ring if you have two radios that perform equally poor, and especially with respect to phase noise. 73, will, wj9b CWops #1085 CWA Advisor levels II and III http://cwops.org/ On Tue, 6/4/19, Wayne Burdick wrote: Subject: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. di

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-06 Thread Richard Corfield
Which is interesting. We were taught that you can recover signals up to the Nyquist frequency (half sampling frequency) before aliasing becomes an issue. People low pass filter well before then to avoid aliasing issues, but it means you need a sampling frequency sufficiently more than twice the

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-06 Thread David Woolley
On 05/06/2019 13:23, W2xj wrote: Direct sampling has no image issues. That's because they are called aliasing issues! -- David Woolley __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-05 Thread Richard Corfield
I was getting confused momentarily with Direct Conversion :-) On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 at 13:23, W2xj wrote: > Direct sampling has no image issues. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 5, 2019, at 3:23 AM, Richard Corfield > wrote: > > > > I'd have thought that superhet would always have the advantage

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-05 Thread W2xj
Direct sampling has no image issues. Sent from my iPad > On Jun 5, 2019, at 3:23 AM, Richard Corfield > wrote: > > I'd have thought that superhet would always have the advantage of improved > image rejection due to the IF band filtering. It would also allow ADCs and > associated processing to

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-05 Thread N2TK via Elecraft
Of Clay Autery Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 12:05 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling Was thinking the very same thing but I am not so sure I will be able to let my K3S go... I may just be adding... And then I can make the K3S a traveling

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-05 Thread Richard Corfield
I'd have thought that superhet would always have the advantage of improved image rejection due to the IF band filtering. It would also allow ADCs and associated processing to run slower or lower down in relation to its Nyquist frequency so allowing for more detail in the sampled signal. Also can

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-04 Thread Clay Autery
e Burdick Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 9:19 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling The superhet module buys a lot of BDR improvement. But also -- a subtlety I've failed to mention so far -- the superhet module is intended to somewhat improve 2 kHz IMD

Re: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-04 Thread Bill Johnson
ailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 9:19 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling The superhet module buys a lot of BDR improvement. But also -- a subtlety I've failed to mention so far -- the superhet module is intended to somew

[Elecraft] K4: superhet vs. direct sampling

2019-06-04 Thread Wayne Burdick
The superhet module buys a lot of BDR improvement. But also -- a subtlety I've failed to mention so far -- the superhet module is intended to somewhat improve 2 kHz IMDDR3 *and* make this figure more repeatable. Q: Say what? A: As Rob Sherwood noted many times before finally immortalizing