CW skimmer is very impressive to see in action. But nowhere as good as an
average CW contester at picking callsigns from the noise.
Tim N3QE
On Tuesday, August 4, 2015, Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to know whether it's ever been established that some very talented
> hams can out-hear the best SDRs and/or DSP available. Can a skilled
> ear-brain combo (such as some highly-skilled and talented 160 meter
> contesters) beat state-of-the art digital signal processing when it comes
> to copying the very weakest of signals buried in the noise?
>
> I always thought Linrad was the best DSP software, though I never got it
> working right here (older sound card issues in Xubuntu).
>
> I asked the following question at
>
> http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=104388.msg861047#msg861047
> : "Are there any people who can hear weak signals with a good analog
> receiver, who --if they could instantly switch their antenna and headphones
> from the analog RX over to the best SDR made today-- simply couldn't hear
> any better with today's best SDRs and/or DSP software?"
>
> There's been a few opinions, but how about multiple valid tests?
>
> 73, Mike
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