Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] src/lib/general/gr_firdes.h: WIN_BLACKMAN_hARRIS = 5

[Martin Braun]

On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 05:16:34PM -0500, Tom Rondeau wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Josh Blum <address@hidden> wrote:
> > is this a typo or something special here
> 
> 
> Nope, that's not a typo, just a (possibly bad) joke. The
> Blackman-harris window gets the "harris" portion from fred harris, who
> always spells his name in lowercase letters. When adding that window
> function in, I thought it'd be funny.

If it's a joke, it's definitely a bad one.
I came about this when starting the spectral estimation toolbox, and
it's annoyed me ever since.

MB

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