Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-16 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
John Clark wrote: > On the topic of Phil Karn... my 'contact' with that name was using the > ancient AX-25/Packet Radio networking stacks of yore > to do incredibly low speed networking (as a note my system in Florida > was replacing a KA9Q based implementation...). So > perhaps while now Karn may

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-16 Thread John Clark
Jeff Brower schrieb: > Jordan- > > >>> Phil Karn is a Qualcomm employee -- maybe not the most impartial >>> source. >>> >> Hey, Jeff: welcome to the Internet. I see this must be your first day >> :) >> > > It seems like Phil has worked carefully and thoroughly to show areas of > we

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-16 Thread Jeff Brower
Jordan- > > Phil Karn is a Qualcomm employee -- maybe not the most impartial > > source. > > Hey, Jeff: welcome to the Internet. I see this must be your first day > :) It seems like Phil has worked carefully and thoroughly to show areas of weakness -- or unexplained gaps -- in xG's approach an

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-16 Thread Jeff Brower
Marcus- > I couldn't find Jeffs response in my "discuss-gnuradio" archive, so I'm > responding here. > > I've known Phil personally for many years (yikes, a couple of decades > now!). I'd be utterly > shocked to find him simply "spouting the company line". > > I've read his analysis, and tal

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-16 Thread Marcus Leech
Charles Swiger wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 22:54 -0500, Jeff Brower wrote: > >> Michael- >> >> >>> I think the most comprehensive page I've found is < http:// >>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMax >. Links to patents and reviews (e.g. >>> Phil Karn's). - MLD >>> >> Phil Karn is a Qualco

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-16 Thread Charles Swiger
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 22:54 -0500, Jeff Brower wrote: > Michael- > > > I think the most comprehensive page I've found is < http:// > > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMax >. Links to patents and reviews (e.g. > > Phil Karn's). - MLD > > Phil Karn is a Qualcomm employee -- maybe not the most impartial sou

[Fwd: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology]

2007-08-15 Thread Rick Parrish
Bah. Hate it when I forget to fix the "reply-to". --- Begin Message --- I remember seeing this elsewhere a while back. I recall two sticking points: 1. the technology appears to be related to pulse or "gated" modulation. Sort of like continuous wave modulation on crack. 2. their marketing app

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-15 Thread Jordan Hayes
Jeff Brower writes: Phil Karn is a Qualcomm employee -- maybe not the most impartial source. Hey, Jeff: welcome to the Internet. I see this must be your first day :) /jordan ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://l

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-15 Thread Jeff Brower
Michael- > I think the most comprehensive page I've found is < http:// > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMax >. Links to patents and reviews (e.g. > Phil Karn's). - MLD Phil Karn is a Qualcomm employee -- maybe not the most impartial source. Here is something recent, starting with an actual face-to-fac

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-15 Thread Michael Dickens
I think the most comprehensive page I've found is < http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMax >. Links to patents and reviews (e.g. Phil Karn's). - MLD ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discus

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-15 Thread David Bengtson
Phil Karn has done a more recent analysis at http://www.ka9q.net/xmax.html . This matches with my personal analysis that it smells a bit like a reptile cage. They have been doing some more press releases through Mobile Radio Technology Mag, claiming they are close to a rollout. Their claimed

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-15 Thread Richard Clarke
Interesting however have a read of the following old Register article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/09/xmax/ and http://www.ka9q.net/xmax_schwartz.html So, this appears to have been doing the rounds since mid 2005 but apparently nothing concrete to show 2 years later. Difficult to f

[Discuss-gnuradio] xG Technology

2007-08-15 Thread Charles Swiger
Apologies for general/off topicness, but does anybody have any comments/opionion about these guys: http://www.xgtechnology.com/technology.asp Useful innovation or snake oil? TIA --Chuck ___ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org h