Hi Grant, Any "marketing" was for the Orion. The author went out of his way to praise Ten Tec and the Orion not once, but twice. He wrote that he wants to _own_ an Orion. An excerpt about Ten Tec: "T
Hi all, IMHO Frank makes some good points. The Orion II (of which I am an owner) and the Flexradio are both excellent products but neither is perfect and neither is for everyone. At this point in the
"Aggreous" should be "egregious". A top-notch reflector demands top-notch spelling Ron K3MIY --Original Message-- From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf O
Grant, One comment this: Frank was "promoting" or clarifying the difference between a general purpose SDR system and a DSP-based radio. The SDR system he has written free software (i.e. GPLed not mer
I thought Frank did a nice job of pointing out some distinctions between the software on the SDR-1000 and SDR-5000 and the Orions. He made the clear point that the DSP software - known as DttSP - is
I've heard discussions on that in the past and I think their fear (wrong or right) is that they will invest the majority of the time in developing the software then some other company will come along
The simplest definition of an SDR is a radio where the signal modulation and detection are done in a programmable digital processor. Other digital filtering, mixing, and AGC are common in an SDR, but
you mean, "open source" or "GNU"?? There are codes to adhere to when using open source, thus no one will do as you suggested. Look at Linux, look at Ham Radio Deluxe, look at JLog, look at ... you g
Is all this in any way related to a technical or operational discussion? I think not. 73 Bob, K4TAX _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://li
The question for a company like TenTec is "where is their added-value". I would think most of their added-value is in their hardware design rather than in their software design (though as the latter
Proprietary software is "non-value added?" I think we need to start discussions here with definitions. 73, Duane Duane Calvin, AC5AA Austin, Texas www.ac5aa.com --Original Message-- From: tentec-boun
It would be if TT would open up their source. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
Ken, I stand corrected, but I point out that the first source for dttsp that Google finds is dttsp.sourceforge.net, and that page only points to a 2005 CVS directory. Sourceforge is probably the larg
Kevin Purcell writes... Don't forget the system integration. To use an SDR, you have to build a pretty decent computer. To use an SDR in a contest, you have to bring the computer along. The computer
I was asking what value their closed software adds that would be lost if they opened their software. Do they have trade secrets in their implementation that add value that they wouldn't want others t
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:27:56 -0600
<SNIP> There is a fundamental difference between the TenTec and the various ham SDR that have open source software. The many SDR use PC audio cards for the A/D and then do ALL the computation in the
Each to his own, but the difference is mainly packaging. Packaging is important. It's really useful to have your radio in one box that can be carried around without a keyboard, mouse, monitor, and PC
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:56:27 -0600
There is a great deal of difference. The ham SDRs have very little hardware out front and virtually no analog filtering, while the TenTec Orion has more analogue hardware in filters and mixers then t
Thanks for the great short, practical explanation...it helped remind me, in simple language, of the wonderful method used in the Orion to decipher signals. 73, Greg, N6GK "Looking forward to the Orio
I hope, against hope, that the Orion is NEVER made into an all singing all dancing radio like the big three have done with theirs. Why? Well, you often (always!!) end up with a unit that is good in v