[TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?

Sun Dec 28 14:08:14 EST 2014

I use RedHat 64 bit and Win7 64 at work. I use application that run only 
under Win 7 and run/write programs under linux. I've found that Windows 
does its best to be user friendly, at the expense of various hidden 
"features," while linux is, at best, expert tolerant.

Kim N5OP

On 12/28/2014 7:06 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Eric,
>
> I only use laptops in my shack.  It's a very tiny shack.
>
> BTW, I have built over 50 computers in my life (no exaggerating).
> I have accounts with several component vendors in DL.
>
> Sorry, but I just can't get interested in Linux.
> An OEM copy of Win7 is quite reasonable.
>
> Remember what I said about this computer:  Currently it only runs my logging
> software (WIN-TEST) and firmware updates to my Eagle.  Neither of these run
> on Linux.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of R. Eric
> Sluder via TenTec
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 12:45 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Cc: <n4py3 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
>
> Rick:
>
> Unless you are banned from doing so in Germany, you can source commuter
> parts on ePay and build a machine with little expense.  For the OS go to
> Linux MINT or Ubuntu to keep cost down.
>
> I know you have used Linux in the past, but the new versions of the two I
> mentioned sure make using Linux easy-peezy!
>
> 73
>
> -Eric
> W9WLW
>
> Sent from an iPhone
>
>> On Dec 27, 2014, at 4:24 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>>
>> I was afraid you would say that.
>>
>> Currently my computer is doing just fine for what I want it to do.
>>
>> Experience has shown that when I get interested in some new
>> technology, I do what I have to do to deploy it, then play with it for a
> week or a month.
>> And then the interest fades away.
>>
>> What I have done consistently for 40 years is work CW contests... and
>> a bit of rag chewing.
>> I keep coming back to this.
>> So I don't want to spend a lot of money on a faster computer which
>> will later be used to run AALog once or twice per week, plus 2 or 3
>> contests per year.
>>
>> But these are all my personal problems.
>> I appreciate you helping me understand the technology and what it
>> takes to deploy it properly.
>>
>> As I said I will start with the computer I have.
>> Once I get it running, if need be I can move my office PC to the shack
>> for a while.
>> Jan/Feb are dead months for us, business wise.
>>
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
>> Moreschi
>> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 6:24 PM
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
>>
>> This computer is not a good candidate to run with a panadapter.  I
>> would say you need at least dual core and 2 ghz and 2 gig of memory.
>>
>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>> 58 Hogwood Rd
>> Louisburg, NC 27549
>> www.n4py.com
>>
>>> On 12/27/2014 8:42 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>>> DELL Latitude D-620
>>> Single Core, 1.8 GHz
>>> 2 GB Mem.
>>> WinXP SP3 (all updates)
>>> Onboard Graphics
>>>
>>> WIN-TEST contest logging software, generating the CW.
>>> Nothing else running.
>>>
>>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
>>> Moreschi
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 1:58 PM
>>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
>>>
>>> It would definitely work with winkey but you are right it might not
>>> work if N1MM is forming the characters.  Is your computer dual core?
>>>
>>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>>> 58 Hogwood Rd
>>> Louisburg, NC 27549
>>> www.n4py.com
>>>
>>>> On 12/27/2014 7:47 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
>>>> I have a hunch with a pan-adapter displayed, my computer would not
>>>> be able to send proper Morse code.
>>>> Perhaps it would work with a WinKey, but it wouldn't have a chance
>>>> without one.
>>>>
>>>> One more reason to turn it off in a CW contest and just use the
> Band-Map.
>>>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>>>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>>> Carl Moreschi
>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 1:41 PM
>>>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
>>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] How to Choose an SDR RX for the Pan-Adapter?
>>>>
>>>> That's no where near as CPU intensive as displaying a panadapter.
>>>>
>>>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>>>> 58 Hogwood Rd
>>>> Louisburg, NC 27549
>>>> www.n4py.com
>>>>
>>>>> On 12/27/2014 4:49 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Carl
>>>>>> Moreschi<n4py3 at earthlink.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>     The panadapter program is the only high CPU user in what you
>>>>>> have described.
>>>>> The contest logging program is a high cpu user if it's connected to
>>>>> the hyperactive spotting network during a major dx contest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Barry N1EU
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
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