[hpsdr] multiple receivers - is it really necessary

[Mike Hamel]

At the risk of maybe dragging this thread too far from the intended
topic, I had been thinking that one of the possible "big picture"
capabilities of multiple SDR stations located within a few miles of each
other could be a scenario where they share streaming raw data over the
net in such a way as to create an effectively huge aperture antenna for
receiving DX.

Packet timestamping, phase alignment and the consequences of net latency
would make it a bit off from "real-time" but it seems like it should be
possible with internet connected SDRs.

Each idle SDR could give some BW for the "shared pool" of data to be
aggregated.

I haven't a clue how this 'pie in the sky' could be implemented but it
seems like an eventual future capability.

/$0.02

Mike
WO1U



Graham / KE9H wrote:
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> Murray:
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> I would have though that the primary application was for phased array,
> both transmit and receive.  Whether you had the room to just put up
> two antennas, or nine.  And do all the phasing and aligning in software
> rather than matching and cutting cables.
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> --- Graham
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> Murray Lang wrote:
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>> alex wrote:
>>> what is the point...
>> Of the top of my head as a mental exercise:
>> Conference calls.
>> Rx server with multiple independent clients.
>> Recording.
>> Competitions. Multiple modes at once (eg data/SSTV + voice).
>> Diversity Rx.
>> Automatic monitoring of beacons (with telemetry, GPS timing or other
>> novel modes of operation).
>> Monitoring for multiple low S/N digital mode sources.
>> Multiple packet data forwarding.
>>
>> What do other people have in mind?
>>
>> Murray - VK6HL
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