[Elecraft] Panadapters - need for bandmap capability

[Jack Brabham]

  I have had the same thought, although I was thinking more of a 
horizontal bandmap for N1MM that I could display above PSDR/IF and scale 
to match.

73 Jack KZ5A


On 11/8/2010 10:15 AM, Larry Phipps wrote:
>     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
>> To: elecraft<Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
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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
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