On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
> .... if you want a KISS panadapter display, use Rocky, but if you > want more extended rig control, get involved with the crowd that is > continually asking the authors for additional functions... ========== Somewhere along the line there may be a third kind of SDR software: a program that displays a nice panadapter and provides solid CAT control for 2 VFOs, but nothing else. In other words, the routines devoted to signal processing, filtering, etc. would be left out, and those functions would be left to specialized computing functionality inside the radio, as is done with the KX3. It will be cool if the arrival of the KX3 provides the motivation for some brave soul (or group) to gut-rehab one of the open-source programs such as PSDR so that it fits this description. Benefits would include a much reduced CPU load and elimination of latency problems. The most important benefit, however, would be that cutting out the massive code bloat might make it possible for somebody to actually get a handle on the mysterious interdependencies and internal conflicts inside the code that cause bugs: disappearing config files, unexplained shutdowns, loss of functionality, etc. The traditional excuse for these phenomena is to blame the OS, the computer, or the user, but we all know better. The reality is that when you have a huge, open-ended project, with rubbery design specs, with many hands contributing independently, partly object-oriented and partly not, partly written in native code and partly in interpreted code, partly tested and partly not, you are going to have problems. A smaller piece of code with clear design objectives, unity of purpose, unity of design and coding standards, and clearly enunciated testing checkpoints, would be a really cool thing for the next generation of the ham station hardware/software combo. 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
