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Drax
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What are antenna modes?
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Good question. Can you describe what you think are antenna mode or how you have seen this term used?0
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In the SmartSDR road map for the first cycle. It says Antenna Modes. I'm guessing it means being able to tx on the other antenna 2nd and 3rd connectors.0
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Got it. We are working on an antenna selection "applet" that will facilitate the selection of the proper antenna based on several selection criteria. I can't go into a lot of detail as we are still developing the requirements for it, but I'm sure once we have that done, we'll share with the community to get everyone's input.0
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Here's the deal on this, Drax: There is a switching matrix in the radio that wires the antennas to the ADC(s) and the exciter to the proper transmit antenna. There are lot of combinations that will let you do interesting things, but they are not all enabled in software today. When this item is complete, you will be able to select any antenna mode and have the radio either wire up what you've asked for -or- pick what it thinks you are likely trying to do and wire that up and tell you what it did. It is essentially a broad expansion of what the radio will let you do with antennas along with removing some bad behavior that the radio occasionally performs when switching antennas. The radio controls are likely to remain the same with one exception: we will be adding a couple of buttons that let you select RXA-I/O and RXB-I/O for the two loops on the back of the radio. This will allow you to receive on an antenna, but loop it through a preamp or a filter of some kind. Generally, most folks will not want to use a preamp as the radio has plenty of preamp gain, but you might want to use a band filter under some circumstances. Steve0
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