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In article >Oh, Christ, another Kitplanes project. Yknow, if it was only YOURS you wanted >to see and not anything like a mile or two range, you could tap off of the >antenna with less than 1% loss and use a cheap crystal detector, then a cheap >PIC microcontroller to decode the pulses .... No, I want a good RF receiver (module) up front. And can you please tell me which issue it will appear in? Dont want to miss it! Seriously, I have been disappointed that the little SAW receivers (MICRF, RFM, etc.) wont demodulate anywhere near fast enough (about 100K at max sensitivity) whereas you need more like a megabit rate to really decode the pulse stream. [I hate RF!] Admittedly there are different goals here -- the original poster wanted to double check his own xpndr and for that a basic crystal set will work. *I* want to see everyone EXCEPT myself (I already know I am there considered buying that new $395 pseudo-TCAD pseudo-Monroy unit just to get a fast RF receiver/demodulator. A Kitplane project? Maybe... jmk ----------------------------------------------- James M. Knox TriSoft ph 512-385-0316 1109-A Shady Lane fax 512-366-4331 Austin, Tx 78721 jknox@trisoft.com ----------------------------------------------- |
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