John Gord 2020/09/03 15:33
I have been using this firmware ( https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fgdya5k2qrmsnu/binary20200717.bin?dl=1 ) on my V2, and have been very favorably impressed.
Nice features:
Smaller frequency steps above 140MHz: 6kHz at 4GHz, 3kHz at 2GHz, ......, about 400Hz at 150MHz (Factory firmware had 12kHz steps)
Interpolation of calibration, auto startup with Cal 0
Adjustable bandwidth from 3kHz down to 10Hz
Adjustable averaging
Display color control
The only feature I would really like to see added is true CW generation.
--John Gord
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 04:25 PM, John Gord wrote:
>
> I tried out the · Binary20200717.Bin version (no reference impedance change
> function). The interpolation of calibration seems to work quite well, at
> least when using relatively short connections. The included variable
> bandwidth feature gives something like the expected speed versus dynamic range
> trade-off.
> Be warned that you will need to re-calibrate after installing the new
> firmware. (Not a surprise.)
> --John Gord
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 03:56 PM, <david.hostetler@ieee.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > I went to the link for the Japanese web page, after it completely loaded
> (took
> > a little while), Chrome offered to translate from Japanese to English.
> > Surprisingly readable.
> >
> > The reference impedance change function seems very usable. The author even
> > includes a bit of tutorial on his page showing how it works.
> >
>