[TenTec] KB7OEX: a big plus favoring ORION

[Dave McClafferty]

> The place where DSP can earn its mettle is
> processing signals other than just CW and SSB. There
> is no good reason to not handle modes like SSTV,
> PSK31, WSJT, PUA43 packet etc. natively in a DSP stage
> of the radio, so far no one has done this in a
> meaningful in the amateur radio market. Taking the
> logic that having many stages between the antenna and
> your intended output is a bad thing; it makes no sense
> to take those kinds of signals all the way to audio to
> only have to re-digitize them in the computer sound
> card in order to process.
> Duane
> N9DG
I am amazed that no one has modified the Pegasus firmware to do just that.
It has been suggested to Tentec and they show no interest. I thought about
doing it myself but I know it is beyond my capabilities. There must be some
hams out there who have this capability I'm sure.
Another plus for doing this with SSTV, that you have digital video, which
suffers no generation loss. Hams could pass pictures on with no serious
degradation.

Dave, VE1ADH