[hpsdr] Mercury as spectrum analyzer?

[Alexander Geckeler]

Hello Dave,

sound very interesting - it would be great to have a spectrum analyzer 
HPSDR combination.
What do you thing, when will you have this setup ready?

73, Alexander


David McQuate schrieb:
> Alexander,
>  There's been some work done to enable displaying the full bandwidth
> digitized by Mercury, that is, from near zero to 55 MHz, using an added
> data stream to the PC from Mercury / Ozy.  This "wide spectrum"
> display can run simultaneously with normal receiver operation.  I've
> modified a version of PowerSDR to have this additional mode for its
> graphical display.  Unfortunately, I do not have Visual Studio 2003
> (I've attempted to use VS 2005), and as a result there are several
> serious problems--including much higher CPU usage.  I'm hoping to
> get VS 2003 soon, and that I'll then be able to compile & run useful
> versions of PowerSDR.  At that point I could make it available for 
> others.
>
> I, also, am interested in extending the frequency range, at least for
> spectrum analyzer use, and maybe for general receiver coverage.
> I'd like to see at least "DC" to 1 GHz.  I've done some work on
> the circuit design--which is similar to, but not identical with what you
> find on hpsdr.org/cyclops.  I'll come back to this design once I get the
> 0-55 MHz spectrum display working.
>
> Dave  wa8ywq
>
> Alexander Geckeler wrote:
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>> Hello Steven,
>>
>> thx for your feedback.
>> Unfort. the last status entry re. cyclops is several month old.
>> Does someone knows the current status of that project?
>>
>> Re. SpectrtaVue: Is there maybe a patch availble to use that software 
>> with Mercury?
>>
>> Alexander
>>
>> Steven Doyle schrieb:
>>> Phil is working on a spectrum analyser and tracking generator which 
>>> uses Mecury. You can find details at
>>> http://hpsdr.org/cyclops.html
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Steve
>>> G1YLB
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Geckeler" 
>>> <alexander.geckeler at gmx.de>
>>> To: <hpsdr at hpsdr.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:39 PM
>>> Subject: [hpsdr] Mercury as spectrum analyzer?
>>>
>>
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