[Elecraft] Sherwood's receiver performance table updated

Alan Bloom n1al at sonic.net
Tue Apr 26 01:42:10 EDT 2016


On 04/25/2016 10:26 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> Are you confusing a direct conversion receiver with a direct sampling
> receiver? A super-het (K3) or direct conversion (KX3) receiver is a
> heterodyne system. A direct sampling receiver is not.

It kind-of is.  There has to be some kind of digital local oscillator in 
the electronics following the ADC which is used to heterodyne the signal 
down to baseband or a lower-frequency "IF".  True, it's all done with 
ones and zeros but it performs the same function as an analog local 
oscillator and mixer.

Alan N1AL




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