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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Hi Glen,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">seems that you are still rather impatient as a young dynamic boy, hi. DFC is the newer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">SDR- architecture, worth to be discussed a bit longer than Hermes II. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Some more remarks:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">1. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Don’t forget the ‘hidden’ RXs, currently used for the great feature ‘Pure Signal’</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">2. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">undersampling is an effective and cost-saving method to cover VHF frequencies. Ultra-fast ADCs like AD9689 with a 3dB- bandwith up to 9 GHz are available, but cost USD 1200.—</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">3. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">May be a 30% free room in the Hermes FW was correct in the past. Meanwhile CW and ‘envelope –PWM-converter’ for EER/ET took some space.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">4. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">The mentioned connectivity of lcd, mouse etc. can’t be provided from the board without appropriate process power.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">5. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">You will find a 16 bit DAC in your 7000DLE! That is more than necessary for a clean TX signal.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">In every case I’ll wish you great fun and good dxing with the new 7000DLE. Perhaps you will report about your experience together with the tran</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">verters.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="de"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">73, Helmut, DC6NY</FONT></SPAN></P>
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