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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Phil,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the comments. I think that is very good to consider. In light of review, I think it is a good idea to postpone FLDigi integration at this time. As Phil said, we should pull out the frequency estimation routine for separate testing
and possible direct use. I believe Skylar Dannhoff is working on this. For the WWV monitoring program, we also do need to have the ability to save both the raw data and the derived frequency estimation data product.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">73 de Nathaniel W2NAF<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> TangerineSDR <tangerinesdr-bounces@lists.tapr.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Erickson via TangerineSDR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 28, 2020 7:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> TAPR TangerineSDR Modular Software Defined Radio <tangerinesdr@lists.tapr.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Phil Erickson <phil.erickson@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TangerineSDR] Notes from PSWS / TangerineSDR call of 04-27-2020<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Sorry that I haven't been able to make these discussions much lately. COVID-19 has added a huge amount of work here.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> I'm fairly concerned about using "fldigi". In the recent Frequency Measurement Test a few days ago, I decided to use its frequency algorithm in the "ANALYZE" portion in order to track the unknown carrier that K5CM was putting out. I
had a bunch of data already recorded through things like Gnuradio stacks; for this discussion, let's assume I had I/Q data in some kind of format similar to what Tangerine would put out. (It was DigitalRF to be specific.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Frankly, it was a disaster. The only way you can input data that I could find is through WAV files, so I had to convert all my data to that format. When you start up the program, it immediately starts generating bogus data on nothing
while you fumble around getting to the menu that plays back a WAV file. When the WAV file ends (I chose non-loop for playback), you get another bunch of junk data while you are fumbling around with literally quitting the entire program as the only way I could
figure out to stop the analysis. While the WAV file is playing and the algorithm is analyzing, I found that there are occasionally jumps/glitches in the time stamp because the time stamp has nothing to do with the WAV file and everything to do with how your
computer analysis burden is keeping up (or not) with realtime.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The resulting files needed a lot of hand editing afterward to remove junk before I could profitably do anything with them. This took a lot of time. I considered myself lucky that I had 2 minutes of data to look at for the tone analysis
that were clear enough that I could spot them on a very simple uniform-X-axis vs frequency plot. If I hadn't been able to see that, it would have been game over.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> So I would definitely not use it again for any kind of serious analysis. In fact, that is why we've separately requested that the statistical frequency measurement algorithm buried within "fldigi" be broken out into a separate Python
routine. I believe CWRU is working on it. I looked at the fldigi code at one point to see if I could do it, but it's an interconnected quasi-monolithic series of routines with unclear cross-connections and internal assumptions. That was a research project
that I ultimately passed on for lack of time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Sorry to be negative, but this recent experience is I think quite relevant to Tom's (1) item.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:27 AM Tom McDermott via TangerineSDR <<a href="mailto:tangerinesdr@lists.tapr.org">tangerinesdr@lists.tapr.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Notes from PSWS / TangerineSDR call of 04-27-2020<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Discussion of bundling / interfacing FLDIGI into the TangerineSDR software. Tangerine produces IQ data, while FLDIGI may need WAV data (does it accept other formats?). Having the ability to use the various FLDIGI capabilities would be
nice to have. There would be a need to reject the positive or negative frequency spectra to convert from complex to real, multiple approaches are available.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Discussion of a lightning detector for the magnetometer board. Does it need an I2C interrupt? Scotty mentioned that he may want to abandon the PMOD connector and turn the magnetometer board into a Raspberry-PI HAT. Dave discussed some
potential issues with the I2C interface on this particular part, he is still trying to find some details on the issue. Another question: what is the science need for lightning detection in terms of range and sensitivity? Gerry Creager might be a good person
to ask about the science requirement.<o:p></o:p></p>
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