by Steve Walker
31. July 2009 14:16
I have been a big fan of the HOKA software since my first Code3 back in the early 90's. Now with the current Windows version you will soon be able to control the PERSEUS SDR directly from the Code300-32 interface. Below is a screen shot (from hoka.it) of what the basic interface looks like. Currently it is controlling a SDR-14 but the version due very shortly will have support for the PERSEUS hardware. It was very good of Nico to include a basic ICOM CI-V command set.
I have some other RX control software I am looking forward to testing with it. A report on this will follow later this month.
Another very useful feature the HOKA and PERSEUS supports is direct decoding from the IQ output without having to utilise the audio stages of the PC. This allows direct 'digital' communication between the two software programs and improves performance. Many people currently use VAC to feed a software decoder, however people are finding this not the ideal solution.
Hopefully more programs will begin to support the IQ method and not rely on virtual soundcard interfaces at all. It would be nice to drive DREAM this way.
Maybe someone from the DREAM project is already looking into this?
73's and good (SDR) DX.
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