[Elecraft] K4 Advantages of direct conversion

[Mark Goldberg]

You can find a lot of explanations by searching "advantages of direct
conversion sdr".

Adam has a good explanation here as it relates to amateur radio:

https://www.ab4oj.com/sdr/apdxc16_sdr.pdf

The K4 page K4FAQ tab has some good info too:

https://elecraft.com/pages/k4-pre-order

73,

Mark
W7MLG


On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 4:20 PM Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> I've asked this sometime before but did not get any answer, I'll try
> once more ... What are the advantages of direct conversion over a
> superhet?  I know "how" both work, my curiosity is, "What capabilities
> drive a radio like a K4 to use direct conversion?
>
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
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