[Skimmertalk] large datafile handling

[Paul_group]

On 22/02/2012 16:42, Joe Hetrick wrote:
> What are people trying to do with these?  I'd think we could find a better solution with PERL or Python; manipulating that stuff in excel or access sounds painful.
>
> VKN


Hi Joe, for a quick look at the data Excell is quite convenient but your 
right its not the right tool for the job.

I was looking at writing a couple of utilities to find broken calls and 
produce some quality statistic - maybe also compare my skimmer to other 
skimmers.

The biggest issue with my remote skimmer is I don't want to have to 
trawl through the logs to be sure its not deteriorated. I regularly look 
for a reduction in average SNR and/or a step in the distribution of SNR 
v successful decodes to ensure the performance hasn't fallen off or a 
local interferer has started. Thats time consuming and could be 
automated using a suitable tool.

Regards Paul


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