[Elecraft] Panadapters - need for bandmap capability

[Larry Phipps]

   Scott, WU2X, the author of PowerSDR/IF and I have discussed this a 
number of times. He is interested in doing it, but I don't know if or 
when it might show up. The current priority is merging his version up to 
the 2.0 release from Flex Radio, which is theoretically due out soon 
(been in beta for quite some time). I'm sure that if it happens, it 
would be an option, since many would not want the clutter.

73,
Larry N8LP



On 11/8/2010 1:00 PM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:10:50 +0000
> From: Barry N1EU<barry.n1eu at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Panadapters - need for bandmap capability
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> I'm offering this as food for thought.  It seems that one important feature
> that panadapters (SDR, LP-PAN, P3, etc) lack is the inability to tag a
> spectral trace with a callsign to mark its identity.  For example, check
> this mockup:http://n1eu.com/bndmp_spec.jpg
>
> If I qsy to a trace I see on a busy band, I want to be able to ID that trace
> so I don't keep coming back to it.  And those ID'd callsigns by trace
> frequency would constitute a bandmap.  Ultimately, this bandmap could have
> the same functionality as the bandmap in a contest logger (e.g., N1MM).
> It's just rotated 90 degrees and has freq interval spacing aligned with the
> panadapter waterfall display.  This ID'd panadapter functionality would be
> immensely useful in both unassisted and assisted contesting.  I realize that
> development of this capability might require unique collaboration between
> several software/hardware vendors but it would fundamentally enhance
> panadapter-centric operating.
>
> (CW Skimmer provides some of this capability, but it's totally limited to
> callsigns decoded by Skimmer, not by the operator, etc.)
>
> 73,
> Barry N1EU