[hpsdr] CESSB & active Pure Signal in Flex

[Barry N1EU]

The OpenHPSDR versions of PowerSDR do NOT run on Flex hardware.

73, Barry N1EU

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Jeff Brown <n9iz at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Greetings All
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> I've been following the HPSDR project now for almost ten years.  I've seen
> the presentations of TAPR forums many times.  I ended up purchasing a
> Flex-5000A about six years ago before they became "legacy" radios.  Back
> then I wasn't doing much building or experimenting and needed a turnkey
> radio rather than a project.  Well, times change and so does technology.
> Not much in the way of support from Flex Radio on the old 5000A.  I'm
> wondering if any of the current HPSDR versions of PowerSDR are at all
> compatible with the Flex line of radios.  They're still pretty good
> performers and quite the bargain these days.  I don't want to unload mine
> for pennies on the dollar, but would rather keep it as a test bed for some
> custom PowerSDR type software.
>
> A couple features of yours I'm really interested in are Controlled Envelop
> SSB modulation and the Pure Signal active pre-distortion.  I'd love to be
> able to use those features on my Flex.  I've read the *QST/QEX* articles
> on CESSB and ran the author's sample wave files through my radio.  It seems
> to be capable of using it, but I don't know how to process the mic audio in
> real time rather than making custom wave files using SOX and Octave (which
> I've already done).  The author was really quite helpful in getting me
> through the correct scripts/code to pull this off.  Now I wish for more!
>
> Maybe someone can tell me if this is even possible on my radio.  I know
> the new generation of boards (Angelia and Orion, I think) are doing a bunch
> of processing onboard rather than all in software.  I don't want to steal
> any thunder from this new tech, just wish to get more out of my Flex.
> Maybe someone could help me out or point me in the right direction on how
> to implement these new features.  Is any of it really as simple as copying
> some source code from one and inserting in the appropriate place in the
> other?  So, please let me know if any of this is feasible or if I'm a
> complete fool to even want to try.  I'd be happy to work with anyone either
> through this discussion forum of privately.  I wish you all the best
> success with the HPSDR project and may even pop for one of those ANAN rigs
> one day.  Just not sure if they're as robust construction as my trusty
> Flex.  All the best.  73.
>
> Jeff
> n9iz
>
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