‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JANUARY 2017 QST PAGE 50 ‰ USER, MDSR MAINTAINS A YAHOO USER GROUP AND ON LINE SEARCHABLE KNOWLEDGE BASE. LIF BILIF AND MDSR OVERVIEW THE LIF AND BI DIRECTIONAL LIF BILIF CONCEPT UTILIZES AN EXISTING TRANSCEIVER AND EXTENDS THE OPTION FILTER PORT VIA A CONVERTER SO THAT THE SIGNAL CAN BE PROCESSED BY A SOUND CARD. FIGURE 1 SHOWS THE BLOCK DIAGRAM OF THE BILIF. BY PROCESSING THE IF AND NOT BASEBAND AUDIO, THE MDSR SOFTWARE CAN PERFORM MANY FUNCTIONS THAT MOST TRANSCEIVERS LACK. A SECOND CONNECTION VIA A COMPUTER CONTROL CAT CABLE IS REQUIRED TO ALLOW CONTROL OF ALL FUNCTIONS OF THE HOST TRANSCEIVER VIA THE MDSR SOFTWARE. THUS, MDSR SO COMPLETELY CONTROLS THE TRANSCEIVER THAT IT CAN BE OUT OF REACH WHILE OPERATING. THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR TUNING IN WEAK SIGNALS ARE A REAL TIME SPECTRUM ANALYZER AND ON SCREEN IF DSP ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ