[hpsdr] Hpsdr Digest, Vol 18, Issue 14

[Charles Greene]

Chris and All,

Isn't the Ten Tec Omni-VII about the same?  I heard it has a 11.25KHZ IF.

Chas, W1CG

At 06:13 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote:
>The new Yaesu FT-450 is an SDR although they don't market it as such.
>What they do say is the they digitize the signal at the IF stage
>and do all further processing including demodulation and filters
>digitally.  Sound like SDR to me.  The FT-450 uses an Analog
>Devices "Blackfin".  The neat thing about the Blackfin is that (1)
>the hole thing sell for between $14 and $28.  Compared to a
>"pico ITX" the AD chip is almost free.
>
>I think the way to design an SDR processor is to split the job in half
>Use one chip to handle DSP and an other to drive the user interface.
>They are two very different jobs
>
>Chris Albertson
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