[hpsdr] Books on SDR

[Chris Albertson]

This stuff really does not go out of date.  What happens over time is that the hardware gets cheaper so now we can afford to do some of the things that only a government budget could do 25 years ago.  For example the first time I saw software processing of quadrature I/Q samples was on NASA pioneer Venus mission.  When was that?  Late 1970's I think.  No what changes is only the cost of hardware, theory moves slowly.    And about cost.  I think about it in terms of dollars per hour.  If it would take me (say) 200 hours to work through a $50 book then my cost is 25 cents per hour, cheap entertainment really.   (My wife pays more for her cable TV setup) If you only buy technical book at the rate you can read them unless you can read very fast the cost per year is low.

As for who represents the state of the art in SDR, I'd have to say the HAM radio is not it.  Government sponcered military systems are far in advance.  What is causing the ham comunity to make such slow progress is lack of software talent.  

On Apr 30, 2010, at 2:20 AM, Chris Smith wrote:

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> Hi
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> I have just done a cursory search of Amazon for books on SDR. First thing I noticed was the ridiculous price of these "reference" books. The next thing I noticed was the date of publication - 2007/8. Conclusion: If I was foolish enough to buy such a book it would seriously damage my wealth and be seriously out of date already.
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> I know that Phil Harman & Steve Ireland were threatening to write something after their series on SDR in RadCom and I was wondering whether that was likely to come to fruition anytime soon?
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> You guys on this list who designed/built/tested/kitted/distributed  Ozy/Mercury/Penny/Magister/Hermes and the software that goes with the hardware must be the leading authorities on this sort of DUC/DDC technology right now. You've put your knowledge to use for the community in a very practical way, for which I thank you most sincerely.
> 
> How about collaborating on a book on the subject? There is one guaranteed sale sitting right here. I'd love to have all that info in one handy volume in arm's reach.
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> Cheers
> 
> Chris
> G4NUX 
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