[Skimmertalk] Perseus and Skimmer- revisit?

[Pete Smith]

To the best of my knowledge, K3LR plans to use the software work-arounds 
described by N6TV.  They seem to be quite straightforward, and do the 
trick.

One option you might explore is the QS1R.  I don't know about the import 
status, but a number of people in Europe appear to have them.  With 
Skimmer Server you can skim 6 bands simultaneously.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/24/2009 7:44 AM, Clive Whelan wrote:
> Please excuse me if this has been discussed recently, but I've been away
> from the list a while.
>
> A year or so back I made the not inconsiderable investment in the
> Perseus with the broad intention of dedicating it to Skimmer work. Of
> course I found that there were overriding technical gotchas concerning
> the sample rate which the Skimmer author did not and ( at that time )
> would not support. I know there were workarounds ( was it from
> Bob/N6TV??) to address this issue, but tbh I considered this too much
> hassle at the time.
>
> The Perseus is an amazing rx in absolute terms  of that there is no
> doubt, but the inherent latency sadly makes it unusable  for real-time
> contest work, and therefore its only real value to me is as a Skimmer
> rx. I recently saw that the K3LR team had made an investment in multiple
> Perseus units, so I guess something must have changed for the positive?
>
> I wonder therefore if their is a concise answer to the question of
> whether Perseus is a viable tool for use with Skimmer, or should I just
> write it off to experience?
>
> As an aside, are any of the US origin SDRs now approved for import into
> the EU?
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth.
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
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