[hpsdr] [Fwd: Re: [Flexradio] PlayStation 3]

[John Nordlund]

Some of us are patiently waiting for the hardware guys to do their best 
stuff so we can go after the software and do our best stuff.
As you say, the software is where the fun is.  I can offer nothing to 
the hardware development phase of this project.  The talent at work is 
far superior to my own.  Any software work I might try to do is mostly 
imaginary until I have the hardware here to test with.  I am planning to 
build 2 units just so I can experiment with software design in a 
controlled environment.  This is the only way I can really get involved 
in advancing the radio art.

73 de AD5FU

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--- George & Jean <glabelle17 at verizon.net> wrote:
>  Phil, it's Yaecomwood. ;-0 While lately I was restoring old rigs -
> 1920's
> battery sets, SX-101, etc, I discovered SDR/DSP. Very excited about
> playing
> with this new stuff. But after building a SoftRock lite, UNDER A
> STEREO
> MICROSCOPE, I'm wondering how far I'll be able to go with this. My
> old eyes
> are tired already. Now I'm pondering adding a SoftRock lite to the
> SX-101 at
> the IF. I love those big slide rule linear dials for the same reason
> I like analog watches!
> 
>  BTW, I just joined the group. I'm a SW engr., with an extensive
> homebrew background.

I find a lot to quibble with in this argument. The whole point of SDR
is that the fun really is to be had in the software. Sure the hardware
is interesting, but most mere mortals cannot be expected to build a
HPSDR, or a uWSDR, the comonents will be too small.

The hardware is just an enabler for doing really interesting things in
software. So far most of the discussion has been about hardware, but
the fun is really elsewhere, but very few people have made an effort to
get their feet wet in DSP, which is a real shame. I have no formal
education in DSP, but after buying a few books I was able to make sense
of the DSP core of PowerSDR, and adapt it for the project I'm involved
with (see http://uwsdr.berlios.de). My next task is to add Weaver (3rd
method) to my version of DttSP.

With software you can recreate the slide rule tuning dial, or anything
else that floats your boat. Those of us doing the software for SDRs are
sad that more people aren't getting involved, which leads me to believe
that we'll see yet more appliance operators, albeit with great hardware
and software.

> George
> WB6YZZ
> Aloha, Oregon

Jonathan    ON/G4KLX



 
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