On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:20 AM, Jason Burgess <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi all, > > Not trying to be a troll or a start flame here... but, I have to ask... > > I've been watching the lists for days for the FLOOD of "amazing CW > performance" messages and tears of joy from people who have had to shelf > their units for 18 or more months while the CW problem was worked on. > I have been a bit surprised too. I have see several positive posts. I tried it and I posted. I was pretty amazed at how well 2.0.19 seems to fix most of the outstanding problems. I would have thought that more happy people would post. Now, we have a release which seems to fix the issue according to a > surprisingly few positive reports (no offense to the 10 or 15 people who > have already posted positive reports on the installation and operation of > 2.19 RC1). Is the CW issue still an issue or is it fixed? It is certainly fixed on my systems. I have tried it now on the 5000, 3000, and 1500, each on a different type of computer (home-built AMD system, MacBook Pro, and iMac respectively) and it works great on all three. > The amount of complaining I have seen on these lists relating to the CW > issue would seem to me to cause a FLOOD of positive emails now that the > newly rewritten code has been released. The amount of griping about "such a > simple issue not working out of the box" where other radios worked fine, etc > etc etc.... in my mind there should be a LOT of happy people now... correct? > The interesting thing is, for an analog radio, CW is the simplest thing. For SDR running on PC hardware with Windows it is one of the more difficult problems. Windows just assumes that it is OK to get things done, not that they get done in any particular amount of time or that the time it takes to run it this time must be same amount of time it takes to run it next time. So CW was a really hard problem for Flex. > > So, either people only speak up when they have a problem (myself included I > guess since that is what this email is addressing LOL), or the CW issue has > not gone away? All I see now is postings about problems... what about all > the success stories? Where are the floods of "thank you" and "this is the > best software release ever" and on and on I think we should be seeing? > Someone posted about the issue of people tending to complain but not about how happy they are. When it is working, they forget about that and just go on with the next thing. When it is broken, they complain. > Come on people! If you are CW happy and you know, post a message!! LOL > > Let's show the people at Flex we can praise as well as we gripe!! LOL > I agree. > > (again, apologies to those who have already posted and if you are wondering > why I haven't posted my CW success, that is because I am the worst type of > HAM... a no-code appliance operator... I only work PSK and RTTY at the > moment LOL, can just barely solder wires together (but getting better) and > buy everything I need from someone else who knows how to assemble it.. I > weep for the future! LOL) > It doesn't matter as long as you are making progress. Don't let anyone give you grief. We all started from somewhere. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
