[Skimmertalk] Red Pitaya skimmer - Update #3

Pete Smith N4ZR n4zr at comcast.net
Thu Dec 29 21:27:10 EST 2016


Suggest you ask VE3NEA - I do know that RTTY Skimserv is a different 
creature but have not tried it on a Red Pitaya yet.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/24/2016 7:21 AM, David Robbins wrote:
> On the red pitaya skimmer... I'm using one for rtty skimmer server and
> wanted to be able to switch bands using the rbn aggregator, but whenever it
> tries to switch the skimmer crashes.  I can't tell if it is the skimmer
> server or the hermes interface or cwsl_tee, does anyone have that function
> of the aggregator working with the red pitaya?
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net:7373
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Skimmertalk [mailto:skimmertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> kazeringue--- via Skimmertalk
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 22:50
> To: skimmertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [Skimmertalk] Red Pitaya skimmer - Update #3
>
> I received a comment from Pavel Demin today that all of his SDR applications
> for Red Pitaya have been updated and they should now function with v0.96 and
> 0.97 of the Red Pitaya ecosystem.  Have not tested/migrated yet.  Using the
> older OS is not a large issue, but good to know if you are building a new OS
> ecosystem for RP.
> reference to October's post on issue:
> http://dayton.contesting.com/pipermail/skimmertalk/2016-October/001801.html
>
> Otherwise the Red Pitaya seems to be doing a good job as skimmer.  K2AV can
> put a signal in here as high as 60db with no intermod products seen on HPSDR
> spectrum display.  On skimm server it also is reporting RBN SNR
>    with levels more consistent than the softrock skimmer system produced.
>
> Have NOT yet experimented further with input transformer variations, nor
> used a signal generator to find the maximum effective SNR.
>
> 73 de w4kaz
>
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