I have just added code to my Orion program that can fake out a K3 interface
so the N8LP's panadaptor can work with an Orion using my N4PY software.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message -----
From: <g.preston@ieee.org>
To: <Ten-Tec-Omni-VII@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Ten-Tec-Omni-VII] Re: Some programmers are not gregarious
> The real time scope TT is (was?) working on uses new hardware. It
> wasn't a software upgrade. I once asked if a software change could
> be made so that the 30 kHz sweep could be made to run at 10 times the
> speed of the 300 kHz sweep and the answer was no, because of
> limitations in the speed of the screen display. If the 30 kHz scope
> could be made to run at the higher speed, it would appear as a
> continuous update and appear very much to be real time, just like the
> ProIII. I find it hard to believe that the screen display would hog
> that much cpu time. I think that it was too low on the programming
> priority list and that made the cpu speed a good excuse to kill the idea.
>
> 73 de k5gp, Gene
>
> At 04:55 PM 8/7/2008, cfsimm2004 wrote:
>>The problem with a real time scope is it requires more than just a
>>firmware upgrade, the Flex 5000 and the Icom 756 radios have a reall
>>time scope because they have a deticated DSP just for the scope, even
>>the Orion II has two DSP procesors BUT does not have a reall time
>>scope! If you research the company that builds the LP100 digital meter
>>he now sells a REAL TIME scope (Panadapter) for the Elecraft K3. I
>>asked him about added this "Black Box" to a Omni VII and he said the
>>1st IF stage was to high frequency to do it. If Ten Tec was to have a
>>real time scope it would involve allot more than just a firmware re-
>>write!
>>
>>--- In Ten-Tec-Omni-VII@yahoogroups.com, g.preston@... wrote:
>> >
>> > I would pay quite a lot for a real time frequency scope. However,
>> > every time someone asks about the Omni VII real time scope, three
>> > others say they aren't interested. Possibly these opinions have
>> > caused Ten Tec to quietly lower its priority on bringing out the real
>> > time scope. The first new radio that has good qsk, a real time
>> > scope, remote capability, real knobs, and is free of major problems
>> > (i.e. the FT2000), will have my purchase for the radio for sure.
>> > 73 de k5gp, Gene
>> >
>> > At 04:51 AM 7/29/2008, you wrote:
>> > >Yes! put me down for expecting, and willing, to pay for major (or
>> > >even minor) feature upgrades. Price adjusted accordingly. Bug fixes
>> > >of course should continue to be free.
>> > >
>> > >John K4JDW
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
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