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Panadapters - need for bandmap capability

Scott, WU2X, the author of PowerSDR/IF and I have discussed this a
number of times. He is interested in doing it, but I don't know if or
when it might show up. The current priority is merging his version up to
the 2.0 release from Flex Radio, which is theoretically due out soon
(been in beta for quite some time). I'm sure that if it happens, it
would be an option, since many would not want the clutter.

73,
Larry N8LP

On 11/8/2010 1:00 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:10:50 +0000
> From: Barry N1EU<[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Panadapters - need for bandmap capability
> To: elecraft<[hidden email]>
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> I'm offering this as food for thought. It seems that one important feature
> that panadapters (SDR, LP-PAN, P3, etc) lack is the inability to tag a
> spectral trace with a callsign to mark its identity. For example, check
> this mockup:http://n1eu.com/bndmp_spec.jpg
>
> If I qsy to a trace I see on a busy band, I want to be able to ID that trace
> so I don't keep coming back to it. And those ID'd callsigns by trace
> frequency would constitute a bandmap. Ultimately, this bandmap could have
> the same functionality as the bandmap in a contest logger (e.g., N1MM).
> It's just rotated 90 degrees and has freq interval spacing aligned with the
> panadapter waterfall display. This ID'd panadapter functionality would be
> immensely useful in both unassisted and assisted contesting. I realize that
> development of this capability might require unique collaboration between
> several software/hardware vendors but it would fundamentally enhance
> panadapter-centric operating.
>
> (CW Skimmer provides some of this capability, but it's totally limited to
> callsigns decoded by Skimmer, not by the operator, etc.)
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU

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Re: Panadapters - need for bandmap capability

I have had the same thought, although I was thinking more of a
horizontal bandmap for N1MM that I could display above PSDR/IF and scale
to match.

73 Jack KZ5A

On 11/8/2010 10:15 AM, Larry Phipps wrote:

> Scott, WU2X, the author of PowerSDR/IF and I have discussed this a
> number of times. He is interested in doing it, but I don't know if or
> when it might show up. The current priority is merging his version up to
> the 2.0 release from Flex Radio, which is theoretically due out soon
> (been in beta for quite some time). I'm sure that if it happens, it
> would be an option, since many would not want the clutter.
>
> 73,
> Larry N8LP
>
>
>
> On 11/8/2010 1:00 PM, [hidden email] wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:10:50 +0000
>> From: Barry N1EU<[hidden email]>
>> Subject: [Elecraft] Panadapters - need for bandmap capability
>> To: elecraft<[hidden email]>
>> Message-ID:
>> <AANLkTimXQ8=[hidden email]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>> I'm offering this as food for thought. It seems that one important feature
>> that panadapters (SDR, LP-PAN, P3, etc) lack is the inability to tag a
>> spectral trace with a callsign to mark its identity. For example, check
>> this mockup:http://n1eu.com/bndmp_spec.jpg
>>
>> If I qsy to a trace I see on a busy band, I want to be able to ID that trace
>> so I don't keep coming back to it. And those ID'd callsigns by trace
>> frequency would constitute a bandmap. Ultimately, this bandmap could have
>> the same functionality as the bandmap in a contest logger (e.g., N1MM).
>> It's just rotated 90 degrees and has freq interval spacing aligned with the
>> panadapter waterfall display. This ID'd panadapter functionality would be
>> immensely useful in both unassisted and assisted contesting. I realize that
>> development of this capability might require unique collaboration between
>> several software/hardware vendors but it would fundamentally enhance
>> panadapter-centric operating.
>>
>> (CW Skimmer provides some of this capability, but it's totally limited to
>> callsigns decoded by Skimmer, not by the operator, etc.)
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry N1EU
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