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PRODUCT REVIEW APACHE LABS ANAN 8000DLE HF AND 6 METER SDR TRANSCEIVER
REVIEWED BY DR. TERRY G. GLAGOWSKI, W1TR W1TR YCCC. ORG  SOFTWARE DEFINED
RADIO SDR IS FAST BECOMING A MAINSTREAM TECHNOLOGY FOR AMATEUR RADIO.  THE
APACHE LABS 8000DLE IS A DIRECT SAMPLING SDR THAT USES DIGITAL
DOWNCONVERSION AND DIGITAL UPCONVERSION DDC/DUC.  IT IS THE LATEST IN THE
EVOLUTION OF SDR TRANSCEIVERS FROM APACHE LABS AND IS BASED ON THE ORION
MKII BOARD.  THE 8000DLE OPERATES ON 160 THROUGH 6 METERS, INCLUDING
COVERAGE FOR MILITARY AUXILIARY RADIO SYSTEM MARS FREQUENCIES OUTSIDE THE
HAM BANDS.  MODES OF OPERATION INCLUDE SSB, FM, AM, SYNCHRONOUS AM, CW, AND
DIGITAL.  INTERFACE TO THE 8000DLE HARDWARE IS VIA ETHERNET, USING VIRTUAL
AUDIO CABLE VAC AND VIRTUAL SERIAL PORT EMULATION VSPE.  THE TRANSMITTER
OPERATES AT UP TO 200 W OUTPUT, SO A 13R8 V DC SUPPLY AT UP TO 35 A IS
REQUIRED.  THE 8000DLE REQUIRES A COMPANION COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE TO
OPERATE, WITH MINIMUM SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS OF AN INTEL I3 PROCESSOR 2R8
GHZ OR BETTER, 4 GB RAM, AND 1,280 1,024 DISPLAY.  A NUMBER OF OPEN SOURCE
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS CAN BE USED WITH THE 8000DLE.  THE MOST POPULAR IS
POWERSDR/OPENHPSDR MRX PS WELL JUST CALL IT OPENHPSDR, WHICH I USED FOR
THIS REVIEW.  IT REQUIRES MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 OR HIGHER, AND THE SOURCE
CODE AND INSTALLATION PACKAGE ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD.  PREVIOUS
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