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Title: You know what else is fun using an SDR? Post by: W3RSW on January 23, 2009, 11:45:07 AM Following swishers across the whole hamband on the waterfall display. Simply qso them where they finally land and ask politiely if they're having vfo trouble.....
or simply state what they've done (you might even send them/others a screen shot via email), or tell them exactly about LIDDY operation. As for the already obvious and previously discussed modes; I've seen more T-Rash on the waterfall than I ever realized was going on cumulatively, .. all the time. Another neat thing is distinguishing CW from continuous tuner uppers, AM from SSB, which SB, some operate on the opposite of conventional for a given band, DRM, PSK modes... all at a glance. The overdriven amps really show up too. Now there's a neat qso possibility if anyone wants to go to the trouble. I guess I could clean up my signals too if I so desired. ;D Title: Re: You know what else is fun using an SDR? Post by: WA1GFZ on January 23, 2009, 12:01:00 PM very true Rick. There is a lot of stuff dancing across the bands.
Title: Re: You know what else is fun using an SDR? Post by: KL7OF on January 23, 2009, 06:50:57 PM what sdr/computer are you using?
Title: Re: You know what else is fun using an SDR? Post by: WA1GFZ on January 23, 2009, 07:54:38 PM HPSDR Mercury / Penny - Dell dual- dual core 1 g ram 2.4 GHz.. I think it is a P650. Runs about 10% horsepower most of the time.
Title: Re: You know what else is fun using an SDR? Post by: KF1Z on January 23, 2009, 08:11:06 PM QS1R .
AMD x64 dual core 2.7ghz, 3gig RAM. Horsepower? system just coasts along... plenty to spare..... 8) nVidia 8500GT graphics. << really takes the load of the CPU, when the display is drawn in OpenGL. Title: Re: You know what else is fun using an SDR? Post by: W3RSW on January 24, 2009, 11:35:07 AM QS1R and an old Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. It does have USB 2.0 though ;D AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
Here's the latest SDRMax III GUI beta. http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/ADt7Scz1PzQRZFZX_JLmwVTEqBtsy8DM3-NgBjFIDxzz08p7MnD17X7j96I2tC2q68_XUFLKzIPCwhAi0QpS3xmAWHp2tgY/Screen%20Shots%20-%20SDRMAXIII/SDRMAXIII_v2009_1_24_6.png (http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/ADt7Scz1PzQRZFZX_JLmwVTEqBtsy8DM3-NgBjFIDxzz08p7MnD17X7j96I2tC2q68_XUFLKzIPCwhAi0QpS3xmAWHp2tgY/Screen%20Shots%20-%20SDRMAXIII/SDRMAXIII_v2009_1_24_6.png) |