I think you MUST go down the direct sampling route. That's the new
state of the art and the Flex 6000 series shows how wonderful this
method is. There are no birdies anywhere and with so much in firmware
almost anything can be fixed with software.
My Flex 6500 was performed fantastically in the ARRL CW DX contest this
past weekend.
By the way, my son Nate, N4YDU, was running TI5W and has a great shot at
first place in the world for Single op category. He scored 6.8 million
points and operated 45 of the 48 hours.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com
On 2/21/2017 4:21 PM, Barry N1EU wrote:
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Jim M. via TenTec<tentec@contesting.com>
wrote:
Don't go down the direct sampling rabbit hole, just because it's sexy and
claimed to be so-called "state of the art". The dynamic range and
quantization requirements of a suitable A/D converter could be a problem,
without adequate front end Preselectors. Continue to do filtering and
processing at IF. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Just wanted to voice the opposite opinion. You will eventually NEED to go
to a direct sampling architecture (Orion 4), although you might get away
with one legacy dsp IF rig (Orion 3).
Barry N1EU
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