Dick, K7VC, wrote:
> I would like to thank everyone for their inputs on the best
> hardware RTTY decoder.
>
> As good as these units are, I have detected what seems to be
> an undercurrent of opinion that even the best are still using
> decade-old technology and the best modern software solutions
> are surpassing the best hardware solutions. Am I reading this right?
Depending on how you define "best", this conclusion will be correct or not.
RITTY is decade-old software technology that is superior to most other
software and hardware decoders in some signal detection scenarios. What is
important to you?
* only weak signal detection
* realistically available decoders
* non-zero-beat signals
* signals buried in QRN
* pile-ups
* nearby loud signals
* multipath
* flutter
* all conditions with equal probability
* etc.
Many hardware and software decoders are cheap enough to warrant running in
parallel on the same signal which provides the strengths of each, as
conditions vary.
Ed - W0YK
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