Thanks Carl. It makes sense. When the Jupiter does it's own scan, it's much
faster. 2 questions:
Does the agc not affect the Jupe in standalone mode scanning?
Could a firmware change take care of this?
Steve Ellington
N4LQ@iglou.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Moreschi" <n4py@earthlink.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Pegasus/Jupe Band Scope Questn
> Steve,
>
> I experimented with this a lot in developing the software. The limiting
> factor is the speed of the AGC. If I run the sweep faster, the AGC does
> not
> change quickly enough to give any decent resolution. The program has a
> loop
> that goes ike this:
>
> 1) Set a frequency
> 2) read S meter
> 3) plot a point on the graph
> 4) Go to step 1
>
> If you do this too fast, the returned S meter reading does not change
> enough
> from the previous reading for good resolution. I hope this explanation is
> clear.
>
> 73,
>
> Carl Moreschi N4PY
> Franklinton, NC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:21 PM
> Subject: [TenTec] Pegasus/Jupe Band Scope Questn
>
>
>> What limits the speed of the Peg/Jup's band scope? When I used the
> Jupiter's bandscope it was fairly fast but when using it in Peg mode, it
> is
> really s l o wwww.
>> Is this the fault of the rig, firmware, comm port, pc processor, software
> (N4PY) or what?
>> I want the sucker to really fly but I want to see it on the computer, not
> the Jupe's little green display. What would it take? Has anyone found
> anything that makes a difference?
>>
>> Steve Ellington
>> N4LQ@iglou.com
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