[hpsdr] Strange question about Penelope

[Alberto I2PHD]

Nobody answered the question I posted a few days ago, probably because I wasn't clear enough.
Let's try with different wording.
Is it possible to use the Penelope card with a process that is the logical reverse of that of Mercury, Qs1r, Perseus, etc. ?
In those receivers the signal is first digitized, then it passes through a DDC, and finally sent to the PC via the USB 
port with a large bandwidth. My question is : can Penelope do the reverse ? I.e. can it accept a large bandwidth I/Q 
data stream via the USB port (with the help of Ozy), bring the signal to the frequency of interest via the DUC, then 
generate with the DAC the final output RF signal ?
Or is it limited to process the audio signal coming from the microphone input ? Is it just a matter of reprogramming the 
FPGA, or are there hardware changes involved to do what I am asking about ? Thanks for any answer.

73  Alberto  I2PHD
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Alberto I2PHD wrote:
> 
> Suppose I have an I/Q WAV file recording of a segment of 1 MHz of band, recorded either with Perseus or QuickSilver or 
> Mercury (when ready). Would it be possible to send back via the USB port those I/Q data to Penelope, and have it 
> regenerate that segment at the frequency of interest ? Of course the 500 mW of Penelope would be spread over a large 
> chunk of frequencies, and the power density will then be much low, but maybe useful not to be retransmitted, but for 
> performing measurements.
> 
> Any thoughts ?
> 
> 73  Alberto  I2PHD


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