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RUNNING OPENHPSDR CAN BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE 8000DLE.  A NON WINDOWS
COMPUTER, SUCH AS THE APACHE LABS PIHPSDR CONTROLLER RUNNING A DIALECT OF
LINUX, CAN BE CONNECTED INSTEAD.  AS SHOWN IN MY PIHPSDR CONTROLLER REVIEW,
YOU CAN CONNECT A LOCAL GIGABIT ETHERNET SWITCH TO YOUR ANAN TRANSCEIVER,
PIHPSDR CONTROLLER, AND PC RUNNING OPENHPSDR AND OTHER APPLICATIONS.  IF
THE PIHPSDR CONTROLLER IS POWERED UP, ONLY ONE OF THE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
OPENHPSDR OR PIHPSDR CAN BE RUNNING AT A

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

ANAN MODELS USE THIS SAME SOFTWARE.  OTHER CHOICES INCLUDE CUSDR, CUDASDR,
GHPSDR3, GNURADIO LINUX, AND PIHPSDR.  FIRST IMPRESSIONS I HAVE BEEN USING
AN APACHE LABS ANAN 100D SINCE EARLY 2014, SO THAT IS MY BASELINE FOR
COMPARISON.  THE ANAN 8000DLE IS MUCH LARGER AND HEAVIER.  THE UNIT FEELS
SOLID, AS DO THE CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS, AND THERE ARE HANDLES TO HELP
CARRY IT.  IT MAKES SLIGHTLY MORE NOISE THAN MY 100D, BUT THE PREVIOUS
OWNER REPLACED THE FAN IN MY RADIO, AND IT MAY BE QUIETER THAN STOCK.  THE
THERMAL DISSIPATION OF THE 8000DLE SEEMS BETTER, AS IT NEVER GETS HOT TO
THE TOUCH DURING NORMAL OPERATION.  THE FRONT PANEL INCLUDES POWER, RESET,
AND STANDBY BUTTONS, ALONG WITH JACKS FOR A MICROPHONE, HEADPHONES, AND A
CW KEY SEE ABOVE.  THE FOUR LINE LCD SEE FIGURE 1 SHOWS IMPORTANT
PARAMETERS.  FIGURE 2 SHOWS THE 8000DLES REAR PANEL.  THE POWER CONNECTOR
IS A PAIR OF ANDERSON POWERPOLES, BUT THE ORIENTATION IS REVERSED FROM THE
NORMAL CONVENTION.  BE CAREFUL TO NOT PLUG IN A STANDARD CABLE BACKWARD.
IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO HAVE THE STANDARD ORIENTATION OR ONE ROTATED 90
TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT.  THE REAR PANEL ALSO HAS AN RJ45 ETHERNET
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