Re: [Swlfest] Designing Wheel-Tuned, Digital-Display Radios with Next-Generation Radio ICs

2015-01-22 Thread Mark Phillips
What, like this? (see attached df file) I designed just such a thing for use with the BITX20 HF TRX. Rotary encoder allows one to "tune" with a knob with the LCD reading out the relative "dial" frequency (VFO-IF in this case) Mark. On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Eric Cottrell wrote: > Hel

Re: [Swlfest] Designing Wheel-Tuned, Digital-Display Radios with Next-Generation Radio ICs

2015-01-22 Thread Eric Cottrell
Hello, The frequency counter with IF offset method was used in the first generation HF receivers with a digital display, like a Yaesu FRG-7700, or Kenwood R-1000. More modern radios have the radio processor drive the frequency display directly. One reason is different offsets are required based

Re: [Swlfest] Designing Wheel-Tuned, Digital-Display Radios with Next -Generation Radio ICs

2015-01-22 Thread craig.51...@juno.com
Interesting reading and not overly technical, so most will understand it.. -- Original Message -- From: Ed Cummings To: swlfest Subject: [Swlfest] Designing Wheel-Tuned, Digital-Display Radios with Next-Generation Radio ICs Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:10:53 -0500 Today I receive

Re: [Swlfest] Designing Wheel-Tuned, Digital-Display Radios with Next-Generation Radio ICs

2015-01-22 Thread Mark Phillips
I was going to suggest a similar solution. I think the article suffers from what NASA calls an "imagination failure:. One does not need to count anything. Using a micro processor (uP) and a Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS) and a mixer it is very easy to create SDR type radio's these days. Perhaps

Re: [Swlfest] Designing Wheel-Tuned, Digital-Display Radios with Next-Generation Radio ICs

2015-01-22 Thread Greg Majewsk
Funny, you mention this topic. If all does well, I will be bringing a small single chip fm radio with Aduino board that can be controlled via a web browser. I am looking at a radio design for ETOW. Several years ago, I wrote up a specification for a ETOW radio for Tom. At this time, there